Leonor: “In a few days I’ll be 17. Discovering our winners helps me understand the world better”

The tone of voice has changed Leonor. About to celebrate her birthday, the heiress has spoken for the fourth time on this stage of the Campoamor Theatre. It has been one of the most anticipated moments of the night of this October 28. A speech of 4 minutes and 50 seconds that has started precisely with a sound: “In a few days I’ll be 17… Discovering the work of our winners helps me understand the world better” and he pointed out that it helps him “to continue learning”.

The script of his speech has remained firm and sincere “I care”, with a tone of commitment and admiration towards the winners, which he has repeated 10 times. Words like “work”, “effort”, “future”, “enthusiasm” and “responsibility” have been the values ​​that she has underlined. There has been a phrase by Leonor that connects her with her centennial generation: “We young people are aware that the world has changed (…) That is why listening to, admiring and acknowledging the excellence of the winners makes us feel that things can always change for the better”.

This has been the speech of Princess Leonor in the #AwardsPrincessofAsturias

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When finished, don Felipe He looked at her fondly. The public applauded. The royal family, too. Without realizing it, Leonor has joined the applause, which she has stopped when listening to the indications of her father.

The cantaora from Jaen Carmen Linares and the Sevillian bailaora María Pagés have received their award in the Arts category from the hands of the princess; Juan Mayorga, in the Letters; the Refugee Olympic Foundation and the Refugee Olympic Team, in Sports; the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, in Concordia for his emergency architecture; the British sailor Ellen MacArthur, in International Cooperation; Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, in Social; Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio, in Scientific Research, considered the fathers of artificial intelligence; and the Polish journalist Adam Michnik, in Humanities.

The end has come. The Head of State has declared the event closed and has announced the 2023 Princess of Asturias Awards. The King and Queen and their daughters have left the stage to head towards the main door. It was the moment when the Real Banda de Gaitas Ciudad de Oviedo performed the sonorous parade El Xarreru. A ceremony that has given way to the reception at the Hotel de la Reconquista.