Overview

• Princess Leonor received the Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white distinction from King Felipe VI at the Escuela Naval Militar de Marín to cap her six-month naval formation.
• She was promoted to guardiamarina de segundo among 130 officers who received their commissions during Wednesday’s ceremony.
• The event featured 86 first-year cadets swearing the flag and represented the first time this year that the full royal family appeared together at an official naval act.
• Sara García-Cubillana López made history as the first woman to graduate at the top of her naval class.
• Leonor will resume her military education at the Air Force Academy in San Javier, Murcia, starting in September.