Princess Leonor has been studying for a degree in Political Science at Carlos III University in Madrid since September 7. This is her first civilian phase after three years of military training.
The Princess Leonor has been studying for a degree in Political Science at Carlos III University in Madrid since September 7. This is her first educational phase without military instruction, following three years of military preparation on land, sea, and air.
The Royal House keeps the academic day-to-day outside the official agenda. According to moncloa.com, the campus is kept out of the institutional spotlight, and Zarzuela does not respond to questions about the logistics of travel, the composition of work groups, or the security perimeter within the facilities.
The choice of degree follows a roadmap that Zarzuela has been applying since 2014 in three phases: institutional training, military training, and civilian training. Political Science fits the profile of a future head of state who will need to read budgets and navigate international forums.
The closest family precedent is Felipe VI, who studied Law at Autonomous University of Madrid between 1988 and 1993, with much less media attention than today.
The Infanta Sofía does not share a classroom with her sister. She is studying Political Science and International Relations at Forward College, with stays in Lisbon and a forthcoming destination in Berlin, while Leonor remains in Madrid.
In a family observed since birth, university is the first space where the heiress decides who comes in and who stays out.
Published analyses about this phase describe a phenomenon that specialists call anticipatory self-censorship: the suspicion that any gesture of closeness or display of emotion can be interpreted out of context. Constant surveillance, they argue, is the price of the surname.
The institutional calendar of the Crown continues with two events: on October 12, with the celebrations of Hispanic Day, and a few weeks later the presentation of the Princess of Asturias Awards in Oviedo.
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