Madrid (EFE) Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor.
Also attending the religious ceremony are Queen Sofía, and the Infanta’s maternal grandparents, Paloma Rocasolano, godmother of the Infanta’s baptism, and Jesús Ortiz, as well as his partner, Ana Togores.
The absence of King Juan Carlos was taken for granted due to his distance from the Royal Family after his decision to go live in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where he has resided since August 2020.
The kings, their daughters and other relatives have arrived at the external esplanade of the parish 20 minutes before the beginning of the mass, in which Sofía de Borbón is going to be confirmed together with her classmates from the Santa María de los Rosales school , just like the Princess of Asturias did two years ago.
Before entering the church, Don Felipe, Doña Letizia, the princess and the infanta posed before the graphic media, and then Doña Sofía and the queen’s parents joined the photo.
Princess Leonor has been very affectionate with Queen Sofía, first by going to look for her to join the family photo and by hugging her to enter the church together.
Sofía de Borbón, 16 years old and who has worn a fuchsia jumpsuit, has shown herself smiling before the graphic media and when asked if she was nervous, she replied: “Okay.”
Considering it an event of a “family nature”, the Casa del Rey has only allowed family posing at the entrance to the parish and will not distribute images of the ceremony in order to respect the privacy of the attendees.
Today’s act marks the public reappearance in Spain of Leonor de Borbón after her high school graduation last Saturday at the boarding school in Wales (United Kingdom), which was attended by the kings and their sister.
The Infanta Sofía will complete the fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) in a few weeks and will end her school years in Spain, since, like the princess, she will do the two baccalaureate courses at the UWC Atlantic College in Wales (United Kingdom). .
Precisely, the last photo of the kings and their daughters was last Saturday at the graduation of the heiress to the throne at the Welsh boarding school.
The Casa del Rey distributed photographs of the four and images of the moment in which the heiress to the throne received the diploma.