Before being queen, she is a mother: Letizia of Spain had all the difficulty in the world to contain her emotion when she saw her daughter, Princess Leonor, 19 years old, board the “Juan Sebastiàn de Elcano” on Saturday, magnificent four-masted ship of the Spanish army, in the port of Cádiz. Engaged in a military course, the heiress to the Spanish crown left for a six-month trip which will take her first to the Canary Islands then to South America before reaching New York at the beginning of June.
Difficult to let your little daughter go on such a journey: Letizia seemed visibly worried about letting her eldest go with 75 aspiring sailors, only four of whom were women. “There are many mothers who cry,” confided the Queen of Spain. “It’s been several months without seeing her.”
The King, as head of the Spanish Armed Forces, reminded the young men: “You represent a navy with a heritage of centuries that you must honor and respect and you also represent a navy of the 21st century,” he said. he declared. “Never forget that you carry the prestige and image of Spain on your shoulders.”
An even truer message for the Princess of Asturias who will officially represent Spain at each of her stops, in each country visited.
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