Overview

• Princess Leonor was presented with the Grand Cross of Naval Merit by King Felipe VI at the Spanish Naval Academy in Marín on July 16.
• The ceremony’s delivery of royal dispatches formally commissioned her into active naval service alongside fellow midshipmen.
• She advanced to second-class midshipman, a rank analogous to a fourth-class second lieutenant in Spain’s armed forces.
• Earlier this week, she was honoured with the Gold Medal of Galicia in Santiago de Compostela.
• She will start her final Air Force training at San Javier Air Force Academy in Murcia to complete her three-year military programme.