Sofia of Spain and the university choice that breaks with real traditions

After the home of his sister Leonor’s home, who spent the last six months on the School ship of the Spanish Navy Juan Sebastian Elcano, the spotlight move on Sofia of Spain, Secondogeneity of King Felipe VI and of the Queen Letizia.

The royal house has announced the future projects of the infantry, which after the summer holidays will begin their studies at Forward College to graduate in Political science and international relations. No military training, therefore, as the royal house had already specified after the spread of a series of rumors last spring.

Sofia of Spain will not have military training like her sister Leonor: the official announcement

The Infanta, second son of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, after the end of college in Wales will continue his studies at the University, even if the chosen location has not yet been revealed. “There are several options for next year,” they know by Zarzuela, but certainly the princess does not dream of the uniform

Private, the University of Sofia of Spain has a straight line of 18,500 euros per year, which the sovereigns will pay with their prerogative. Associated with the London School of Economics, the Forward Collage has a particular structure, because it provides that the members spend the three years of course in three different countries, where the campus are located. Sofia of Spain will be a Lisbon for its first academic year, then a Paris and finally a Berlin. The goal, reads the college’s official website, is to allow students to get in touch with peers who come from different realities and countries of the world.

The Infanta graduated from the UWC Atlantic College.

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The University of Princess Sofia, unlike other institutes often chosen by the Royal, does not have a long history behind it, in fact it was founded only in 2021. For the Infanta it is certainly a choice against currentas well as naturally free, considering that being the second son will have no leading roles in the future of the Spanish monarchy. It is equally true that the choice of the faculty sounds like a declaration of intent, because His studies will certainly be useful to the crown. The fact of not getting too far from home is also strategic. Staying in Europe, the princess will be able to reach the family faster when the official occasions will require her presence.

Leonor of Spain, the last days on the Elcano school ship and a historical recognition

The princess returned to Spain after six months at sea and on July 21 it will be officially on vacation. In Galicia, meanwhile, he received the same honor that was conferred on his father Felipe at the same age, but in his case he has an extra meaning

Thus, in a clear way, the streets of the infantry and the princess of the Asturias are separated. After the studies common to the college Santa Maria de Los Rosalesand those atUWC Atlantic College, Wales, Where both ended the high school path, for the daughters of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia the time of common choices ended. Inevitable, not only for the different roles they will have when they grow up, but also for the different inevitable attitudes that characterize them. And while Sofia will begin her university career, Leonor will be engaged in Murcia, for the last year of her military training. For the heir, other will be very demanding months in aviation. She is following the father’s steps at his own age, his sister, on the other hand, is tracing a road of his own, in a completely unexplored ground.