Maximum solemnity for Leonor’s swearing-in: 19 cannon shots, arrival in the Rolls, first speech at the Royal Palace and the necklace of Charles III

2023-10-31 03:11:34

Today he comes of age and the State grants him the highest honors.

final arrangements for the swearing-in of LeonorFelipe Díaz de VivarMUNDO

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Updated Tuesday, October 31, 2023 – 02:11

The Princess of Asturias swears in the Constitution today. The historical significance of this act, through which the Heiress will validate her role as a public servant and commit to her destiny, has already been discussed these weeks. However, as more details of the Princess’s oath become known, it is confirmed that the program on which they have worked hand in hand for months Jaime Alfonso, head of the King’s House, and Flix BolaosMinister of the Presidency, grants the maximum solemnity to the day on which the Heiress reaches the age of majority.

At eleven in the morning, the Kings and their daughters will arrive at the Carrera de San Jerónimo. The Lions Gate will be adorned with the National Heritage canopy. The members of the Royal Family will arrive in separate historic vehicles escorted by the Motorcycle Section of the Royal Guard. The last part of the tour will be carried out with the Royal Escort Squadron. A representation of the Army, Navy and Civil Guard will cover the race from the beginning of Calle Mayor to the Plaza de las Cortes.

They will be received by the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Chief of the Defense Staff, Teodoro Esteban López Caldern. After the King reviews the Honors Battalion, everyone will go to the steps of the Lower Chamber, where they will greet Francina Armengol, president of Congress, and Pedro Rollnof the Senate.

After greeting the members of the Board of Congress and the Senate, the Royal Family will head inside the Chamber. There the 600 crimson velvet chairs that have replaced the usual seats will already be occupied. They will include the main social agents, former presidents of the Government, judicial authorities, regional presidents – except from Catalonia and the Basque Country -, former presidents of the Congress and the Senate and speakers of the Constitution, among others. In addition to the acting Government except three ministers: Ione Belarra, Irene Montero y Alberto Garzn. The audience will be completed with around twenty young people, representatives of the Princess’s generation, who have been invited to the event.

All so that the Princess is supported by a representation of society on the day of her swearing-in. However, there are big absences. Juan Carlos I, paternal grandfather of the heiress but also former Head of State and Monarch for 39 years, will not be there. King Emeritus had a telephone conversation with his son, Felipe VI, in which he understood the decision that he was not invited to the institutional event. That he has complied does not mean that he has resigned. Because the King’s father did a request for consistency. This means that if he does not come, other members of the Heiress’ family should not be there. This reasoning is to the detriment of Queen Doa Sofa, who follows the events from Zarzuela.

The city of Madrid is already decked out to entertain the Princess. They will be placed giant screens in Callao and in the Real Casa de Correos to continue the oath. In addition, the Ministry of Defense will display the flag of Spain, in addition to the headquarters of the three armies and the Center for Higher Defense Studies.

At the time of the swearing-in, the Honors Group of the Royal Guard will be formed in the Patio de la Armera of the Royal Palace. Their music unit will perform the National Anthem, while, on the esplanade of the Almudena Cathedral, the Honors Section of the Royal Battery fire a 19-gun salute, which are the military honors that correspond to Leonor. In addition, the Cathedral of Oviedo and the Basilica of Covadonga their bells will toll. Those of the Royal National Heritage Sites will also ring to celebrate that the Heiress complies with the provisions of Article 61.2 of the Magna Carta: The Crown Prince, upon reaching the age of majority, and the Regent or Regents upon taking charge of their functions. , they will take the same oath, as well as that of fidelity to the King.

The Royal Family will move after the swearing-in to the Palacio de Oriente. They will do it in two historic vehicles. Be the first time Let the Princess and her sister take a tour in this type of car.

Already in front of the Royal Palace, gunshots will be fired again, this time 21, in honor of the King. Once they enter the premises, the Royal Family will go to the Carlos III hall. With walls covered in aquamarine green combined with gold, the Royal Family is placed under the portrait of the ancestor of the Princess of Asturias. The members of the Government and representatives of the three powers will be waiting for you. There, the Princess will receive the necklace which distinguishes those people who stand out especially for their good actions for the benefit of Spain and the Crown and who give their first public speech.

They will end the morning with a hand kiss for around 150 guests in the Throne Room, which Doña Leonor visited for the first time on October 12, and a lunch in the gala dining room of the Royal Palace, where the King will give a speech in honor of the Princess of Asturias.