She told reporters she was facing the year “with great enthusiasm”, but admitted also feeling “a little nervous”.The princess will spend a year at Zaragoza’s military academy, then go to a naval school where she will sail the Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a four masted schooner used by the Spanish navy for training, and finish her studies at the General Air Academy.
Announcing Leonor’s military training in March, Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles, said Leonor was one of many young women now signing up to the armed forces.”In due course, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces will be a woman, and in recent years we have been making a very important effort to incorporate women into the armed forces,” Robles said.The Spanish monarchy is working to repair its image after a series of scandals over the past decade, mainly linked to former king Juan Carlos who abdicated in 2014 in favour of his son.
