Infanta Sofía celebrates her ‘birthday’ in the Zarzuela gardens

The infanta sofia She turns 16 this Saturday, April 29, a very special date for her and her parents, who see how their little daughter has become a woman and follows in the footsteps of her sister Leonor to train academically. The teenager will celebrate her birthday with a party in the palace gardens attended by her family and a handful of her friends, who will be prohibited from having a cell phone near her.

King’s youngest daughter Philip VI y Joy, is already a young lady who reaches the age to start her high school studies, which she will study outside of Spain just like her sister did two years ago. She is unknown to the general public, she has always remained in the background with respect to the heir to the crown, and we hardly know what her voice is like.

Starting next year, little Sofía will study the International Baccalaureate at the prestigious UWC Atlantic College boarding school in Wales, where she will follow in the footsteps of Princess Eleanor, who will not attend her sister’s birthday party precisely because she is in the last few years months of the second year of high school and preparing for the university entrance exam.

“She is happy with doing the International Baccalaureate because she would love to do her higher studies outside as well. Although it is still early to decide, it seems that she will go for the branch of science,” a friend of the queen has assured the digital The Spanish. Although this key moment in Sofia’s life will begin this Saturday with a celebration organized in the Prince’s Pavilion of the royal residence.

The party will be simple, it will be held at the end of the afternoon and during the night of this Saturday and will be attended by his parents, his grandmother Rock Dovemother of Queen Letizia and, on the condition of not carrying a mobile during the celebration, some friends of the Infanta from the Santa María de los Rosales school, where she is studying in the 4th year of ESO.

only child for two years

Always in a discreet background next to her sister, there have been few occasions on which we have been able to see her in front of the cameras since Princess Eleanor went to Wales to begin her studies… however, the union she has with her sister is the tightest.

According to the same source close to the queen, Sofia could have been “an only child for two years, but in reality she has missed her sister very much. Letizia has always been very aware of her, so that she would not feel displaced, so that knew how to assume the background that he has had to live, explaining to him that in reality that role gives him many opportunities, perhaps more than Leonor”, he explains.

Barely a month after her birthday, on May 25, Sofía will once again be the protagonist because her confirmation ceremony will be held, which will take place in the parish of the Assumption of Our Lady, in the municipality of Aravaca, in Madrid. Her godmother is going to be precisely her sister Leonor de ella. At the time, the princess of Asturias had her father, the King, as godfather of the ecclesiastical ceremony.

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Those who work in the palace have commented on occasions that both Sofía and Leonor “are polite, friendly and affectionate. There is a line that is never crossed, but they are wonderful. Sofía is not shy at all, what happens is that she knows her place She is the girl with the eternal smile”, they say affectionately, and also reveal that she has a witty sense of humor, and a beauty reminiscent of the women of the Greek branch of her family.

Born in Madrid on April 29, 2007, the Infanta Sofía celebrates an exciting 16 years today that will allow her, through her stay in the United Kingdom, to enjoy her adolescence away from the rigidity of life in Zarzuela, like any young girl. at his age.