2023-10-31 12:08:28
The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor de Bourbon, swore loyalty to the Constitution on Tuesday, her 18th birthday, an essential step in being able to one day succeed her father, King Felipe, as head of state. VI.
Accompanied by her father and mother, Queen Letizia, as well as her sister, Infanta Sofia, Leonor de Bourbon took the oath before the two houses of Parliament meeting in extraordinary session, an approach to which her grandfather, Juan Carlos I, in 1969 under the Franco dictatorship, then his father in 1986 under the democratic regime.
Dressed in an elegant white tuxedo, Leonor took the oath on the same copy of the Constitution as her father 37 years before her, under his father’s tender gaze, in the presence of the Queen and in front of the President of the Chamber of Deputies , Francina Armengol.
“I swear to faithfully fulfill my functions, to protect and ensure protection of the Constitution and the laws, to respect the rights of citizens and autonomous communities, and to be faithful to the king“, she declared before being applauded for several minutes by the hemicycle.
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