Christmas 2023 will be very special for Princess Leonor, who returns home to reconnect with her family after months focused on her military training at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza.
It will be her first Christmas away from the Welsh boarding school where she spent her pre-university years. Her first Christmas after entering the Military Academy and having reached the age of majority.
Leonor will be able to resume plans and family Christmas traditions that had been put aside in recent years, such as celebrating Three Kings Day at the Palace with her parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, and her sister Infanta Sofia.
Princess Leonor’s Christmas vacation: what are her plans?
The heiress to the Spanish throne arrived in Madrid on December 22 to begin her Christmas vacation, which will last until January 7, when she must return to the military academy. There he is studying to become an officer in the Spanish Army.
The reunion with her sister Sofia, whom she has not seen since her 18th birthday on October 31, will be one of the most awaited moments.
The Infanta Sofia continues her high school studies at a boarding school in Wales, but she has been in Spain since December 8.
Among Princess Leonor’s plans are leisure activities with her usual friends and resuming Christmas traditions suspended in other years, such as celebrating the arrival of the Three Wise Men at the El Pardo Palace, something she could not do the last two years because she had to return to the Welsh UWC.
Not many details of the private agenda of the heiress during the holidays will be revealed. As usual, the Royal House keeps its family plans in the strictest privacy.
There are expectations as to whether Leonor will make any public appearance during her stay in Madrid.
Her presence in official events has increased since her coming of age, but there will be none at this time, the kings of Spain closed their institutional agenda so any act at Christmas is ruled out.
A special date where she could appear is the Military Easter on January 6, linked to the military studies she is currently doing and which is always attended by the kings and queens.
Be that as it may, the princess has a well-deserved vacation ahead of her to disconnect from her studies and enjoy with her family before facing a 2024 full of institutional activity.