Princess Leonor will begin her military training next September with her admission to the General Military Academy of the Army, in Zaragoza, according to the study plan that, by means of a decree law, has been approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers and that The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, has detailed in the subsequent appearance, who has stressed that, in due time, the current heiress when she comes to the throne will be the first woman who, in accordance with the Constitution, will have the supreme command of the Forces Armed.
After the plan approved by the Government was made public, the Zarzuela has issued a statement in which it is stated that the Kings “welcome this new formative stage of the Princess of Asturias with the satisfaction of knowing their will, interest and enthusiasm”. Leonor de Borbón, the statement continued, “knows the demands and sacrifices that military life entails and is well aware of the honor that training and serving alongside the men and women of the Armed Forces supposes.”
The plan that has been drawn up, in coordination with the Royal House, assumes that the heiress will join her military training and for three years will receive specific training in which she will go through the three academies, first in Zaragoza (Land) until the oath of the flag, will be followed by the Marín Naval School (Navy) that will include the journey with the “Juan Sebastián Elcano); to close at the San Javier academy (Air). Leonor will be in the military academies until the year 2026, in the who will formally enter the Armed Forces, will have the rank of lieutenant in the Army and Air Force and lieutenant in the Navy, but will not have a job in any of the armies.
In 2007, the Government, chaired at the time by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, approved a royal decree by which the Executive granted itself the power to design the curriculum for the heir to the throne. Margarita Robles has given an account of the program that the heiress will follow, in accordance with article 2 of the aforementioned decree that states that “the Prince of Asturias may develop a military career and have military jobs that, by royal decree, the Government determines, which is empowered to establish its own and differentiated regime taking into account the demands of its high representation and its condition of heiress to the Crown of Spain, the aforementioned decree that indicates
Leonor will finish her international baccalaureate studies this year, a stage that began on August 31, 2021 and will close on May 20. La Zarzuela, together with La Moncloa, has finalized the study plan of the heiress, which has been announced this Tuesday, after its approval by the Council of Ministers.
The plan will adapt to the times and will be in accordance with the interests of the Princess’s generation.
Almost forty years ago, his father, Felipe VI, began his military training in October 1985, a few months before his 18th birthday. He first entered the academy of Zaragoza (Earth). Later he would have to go through the Naval Academy of Marín (Navy) and, later, by the San Javier (Air).
Leonor opens a stage of training that will easily extend over the next ten years, since in addition to military and university training, it is contemplated that the princess completes her studies with a master’s degree abroad that includes subjects indicated for her functions, first as heiress and, in her day, as queen.
For now, this year, the big day is October 31, the date on which he will turn 18 and, therefore, will reach the age of majority and the capacity to occupy the throne. Taking into account the existence of a single precedent (that of Felipe de Borbón, on January 30, 1986), it is assumed that Leonor should star in the first institutional act of her life, the oath of the Constitution before the Cortes Generales, the same his birthday but the hectic electoral calendar may affect that date, if elections are called and parliament is dissolved. Zarzuela and Moncloa are studying, together with constitutional experts, how to resolve the issue taking into account all possible scenarios: electoral advance or natural end of the legislature.
Leonor, meanwhile, hurries her last months of relative freedom. Until reaching the age of majority, it has been her parents, Felipe and Letizia, who have decided, it is assumed that in agreement with her, both the issues related to her official appearances as well as her private activities, studies included . As of October 31, her role and her formation as her heir will have a greater institutional character and, although her public appearances will continue to be conditioned by her studies, Leonor’s future is already present. .
