Diez Minutos magazine stirred the waters by publishing photos of Princess Leonor enjoying a day at the beach in Uruguay, one of the countries she visited during her trip aboard the Juan Sebastian Elcano ship.
The images show the future queen in a bikini, relaxed and enjoying the sea, with her hair tied up and wearing sunglasses.
In the age of social media, anything the royals do inevitably becomes a topic of conversation. According to El NacionalCat, these photos reportedly cost around $200,000.
Reaction on social media to Princess Leonor’s bikini photos
Interestingly, despite the controversy that sometimes surrounds the Royal House, the general reaction on social media has been relatively calm.
While there were comments of all kinds, many users downplayed the significance of the matter. Comments like “She’s a normal girl enjoying her vacation” or “I don’t see anything scandalous” flooded Diez Minutos’ Instagram posts.
It seems that, in this case, the image of the princess in a bikini has not caused the stir some might have expected.
Everything suggests that people are more concerned about other issues or perhaps are simply accepting that even princesses are entitled to a day at the beach.
Be that as it may, Leonor’s bikini photos represent yet another small chapter in the public life of the future queen and highlight how social media reacts—sometimes unexpectedly—to royalty.
In the magazine’s Instagram post, many expressed their opinions and left comments such as:
- “She’s just like any young girl her age. If they had focused on the whole group, it would feel more natural! She’s 19 years old—if not now, when?”
- “She has every right; she’s a young girl.”
- “Is there really a need to put a 19-year-old girl like that on a cover? I wouldn’t like it if you had done that to me. And don’t tell me it’s because she’s the Princess of Asturias—that doesn’t work for me.”
- “So much controversy over the photos! A girl goes to the beach—good for the magazine!”
- “That a woman in a bikini is still on the cover and we think it’s news… says a lot about how far we’ve come as a society and the ‘defense of women’s image.’”
- “A beautiful princess and a young girl who has the right to go to the beach like everyone else.”
- “Pfft, what a surprise—a young woman in a bikini at the beach. This is news?”
- “The most normal thing in the world for a young girl.”
- “Very pretty! She’s a young girl and behaves as such. For me, everything is normal.”
- “With all the responsibility the princess has, they don’t let her enjoy herself. She’s 19 years old…”
- “She’s right to have fun; she’s at the age and has the right. Let them leave her alone for once.”