Madrid (EFE).- Princess Leonor concludes this Saturday her two-year stay at the UWC Atlantic College in Wales (United Kingdom), where she has studied the two international baccalaureate courses as a boarding school, with the graduation ceremony attended by the kings and the infanta Sofía.
The Royal House has broadcast images of the Kings, the Infanta and the Princess of Asturias at the educational center on Twitter.
In the almost two years that she has been in the boarding school, only images of the princess have been provided when she arrived at the center, on August 30, 2021, which were accompanied by others of the farewell to the kings and the infanta Sofía. at the Barajas airport that same day.
Leonor de Borbón, who turns 18 on October 31, closes her pre-university stage to face her three-year military training, which will begin at the General Academy of Land in Zaragoza on August 17.
Graduation, known at school as the “Leavers celebration” (the celebration of those who finish their studies), takes place with the participation of students and their families.
Don Felipe and Doña Letizia attend with the Infanta Sofía
Don Felipe and Doña Letizia have attended with the Infanta Sofía, who will take over from the princess and will study at the boarding school in Wales from the end of August to do the baccalaureate once she concludes her secondary education in Madrid.
In addition to Leonor de Borbón, Alexia, the middle daughter of the kings of the Netherlands, who has also completed two years of high school, is also graduating today.
The school, whose emblem is the 12th century St Donat’s castle, located 35 kilometers from Cardiff and about 270 from London, hosts students of many nationalities and of different races and religions.
The center belongs to the organization United World Colleges (UWC), a network whose ‘leitmotiv’ is “to promote international understanding through education”.
The princess will reappear in public next Thursday, the 25th, at the confirmation of her sister in the same parish in Madrid where the heir to the throne received this sacrament.
In the three months prior to entering the Academy of Zaragoza, Leonor de Borbón will alternate her preparation with a view to beginning her military training, with some official acts and vacations.
At the beginning of July, it will participate in the award ceremony of the Princess of Girona Foundation (FPdGi), without knowing for now if it will be in Barcelona again as in the last three years.
He will also have several appearances during the holidays that he spends in Palma with the kings and his sister from the end of July.
In addition to military training, the other great challenge that the princess has pending is the oath before the Cortes Generales once she reaches the age of majority.
However, the unknown remains as to when the solemn session in Congress will be, since it is expected that the Cortes Generales will be dissolved on his birthday due to the call for general elections.
