Persuaded and Mysterious: Eleanor’s Ghostly Return to Wales

Last August was the penultimate time Princess Leonor was seen at public events with King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and her sister, Infanta Sofia. It was during their traditional family vacation in Palma de Mallorca. Destination where they travel every year and where they also meet Doña Sofía, who this year posed the most smiling with her granddaughters, her son and the Queen, with whom she was also the most complicit.

Later, the heiress took a flight at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport to travel to Wales, where the famous boarding school of Atlantic College of UWC, a student center where he is already studying the second year of the International Baccalaureate. It will be next summer when she will have to make a new decision about her future, either to continue training in the area she is considering or, on the contrary, to follow in her father’s footsteps and train in the region. military field. For now it is all a mystery which decision he will make. Hispanic Heritage Day was celebrated in Madrid on October 12, but Leonor was absent, as she was in the middle of the school year, so it was one of the big absentees. It was then, when the countdown began for his long-awaited return.

The day would come. On October 27, the princess was in the spotlight, who, together with the king and queen, presided over the traditional concert held in Oviedo on the eve of the awards that bear her name every year. It was the fourth time that Don Juan Carlos’ granddaughter made a speech at the awards ceremonies, showing her gratitude on an important date for the Spanish royal family. Just a few hours later, Leonor became the main protagonist again, as she should have presented the prize to the Exemplary City 2022. However, she could not be part of all the acts as she was unwell as a result of a stomach flu.

Since then, Princess Leonor has not been seen, neither in public acts nor in off-the-calendar plans. In this way, hermeticism was the main ingredient by which the mysterious return of the heiress to Wales has been described. It also draws particular attention to the fact that no details have emerged as to how he celebrated his 17th birthday, as it took place on October 31, a few hours before he was due to return to boarding school.

As can be seen in the calendar of the center where she studies, the princess had to go back to school last Sunday, November 6, in order to go back to school this Monday after this autumn break. It won’t be until December, specifically on the 9th in the afternoon or the 10th in the morning, when Leonor returns to Spain to enjoy the Christmas holidays. The school offers the opportunity to students – who come from 90 different countries – to choose what suits them best from the above dates to start Christmas 2022. In addition, Atlantic College provides young people with buses from Wales to London Heathrow Airport.

Then Princess Leonor returns to her studies on January 4, to begin classes on the 5th, a date that also coincides with Don Juan Carlos’ birthday. It will be the second consecutive year that Leonor can’t be at home on Royal day, so he will also miss the traditional snack at the house of his maternal grandfather, Jesús Ortiz. Family gathering held earlier last year for the princess to attend. The countdown begins for Leonor’s new return who, while no acts are scheduled on the official calendar she appears in, may surprise in “secret” outings as has happened so far.