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.