During her time in Navarra, Princess Leonor revealed an unexpected detail about her film preferences.
It all happened at the Leyre Monastery, where a young journalist and singer, Javier Erro, performed “A Million Dreams.” Queen Letizia quickly recognized the song and looked at her daughter with a knowing smile.
It was then that Leonor confessed that as a child, she was “obsessed” with The Greatest Showman. A simple confession, but one that brings us a little closer to her personal side.
The choice is not entirely surprising when we consider how she has been culturally shaped. Queen Letizia is a great lover of cinema and has passed on this passion to her daughters.
Princess Leonor’s Favorite Movies
In Leonor’s case, her favorites go beyond commercial titles, including Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala, which won an Oscar in 1976. These are unusual choices for someone her age, and they reveal a cultural curiosity that goes beyond what is expected of a 19-year-old heiress.
But not everything is cult cinema. The princess also enjoys sagas that have influenced multiple generations. The most notable is Star Wars, which she has watched on the big screen with her parents and sister Sofia.
As a family, they have also enjoyed premieres like the live-action version of The Lion King in 2019 and, more recently, Barbie. The interesting thing about all this is that Leonor isn’t limited to just one style of cinema: she moves from musicals to Japanese animation, and from science fiction to European classics.