The recognitions for the heiress increase and also her responsibilities. Since she turned 18 last October, Eleanor of Bourbon consolidates its role in the institution at a firm pace. To the positions of honorary president of the Princess of Asturias and Princess of Girona Foundation a new one will join in the coming months: adopted daughter of Mallorca.
The Consell Insular de Mallorca, the self-governing institution of the island of Mallorca, is going to vote on the appointment of Leonor as ‘adopted daughter’, at the proposal and initiative of the National Monarchist Brotherhood of Spain, which has obtained the consent of all parties (with the abstention of the independentist Més per Mallorca). The last to receive the distinction was Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela, in September 2016.
The appointment of the heir comes just a month after her grandmother, Queen Emeritus Doña Sofía, received the Gold Medal of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands 2024, for her close ties and her commitment and collaboration with different entities in the field. social. The award ceremony for such an honorable title will take place next September 12in the Mallorca Dayin charge of the president of the Council, Llorenç Galmés Verger.
According to Confidential Monarchy, Zarzuela has already been informed of the appointment of Princess Leonor as ‘adopted daughter’ of Mallorca. The island has been strongly linked to the royal family for decades, when the emeritus chose the Marivent palace as their holiday residence. King Felipe and his sisters, the Infantas Elena and Cristina, have enjoyed the summers of their childhood under the Balearic sun and have even received personalities such as the then Prince Charles and Lady Di, among many others.
The entire family came together in the mansion back in 2006. Later, the distancing of the Bourbons due to cases such as Nóos and Botswana led them to separate their paths on private and public land.
After a few complicated years and many absences, Kings Felipe and Letizia along with their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, have resumed the old custom of spending a few summer days on the island, visiting some of its picturesque towns and even sailing through Mediterranean waters. . Perhaps with the appointment of Leonor as ‘adopted daughter’ they will manage to turn those ‘days’ into ‘weeks’, as in the past, the ‘golden age’ of Mallorca and its royal family.