Sofia turns 16: the great change of the centennial infanta, about to fly from the nest

The sister of Leonor Blow out 16 candles this Saturday, April 29. An age of countdown towards maturity and that is how Sofía transmits it to us through the evolution of her style. Within a few months she flies from the nest. She will travel alone to Wales to study International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College, just like the princess. Quite an experience for the infanta, which she faces with enormous enthusiasm. In addition, in a few weeks, on May 25, she will receive Confirmation, as revealed by Cámara Real (Telemadrid). Here she also repeats the path of her sister: she will be roommates with her ESO room at her school Santa María de los Rosales de Aravaca (Madrid). And the parish, the same, Asunción de Nuestra Señora, close to her school. Two years have passed since that day in May, in the midst of a pandemic of mandatory masks, when the media, at the door of the church, waited until the last minute to find out the name of the godfather: Don Felipe. We will see if this time the Confirmation godmother is Leonor.

The princess of asturias It has a focus, due to its intrinsic condition as an heiress, which Sofía does not have. This marks everything. Above all, her media exposure and her role. However, thanks to the enormous personality of the Infanta and her smiling and cheerful character, she has found her place in the public image that makes up the Royal Family. Also thanks to her parents, who have always been very aware of her and of that union between the two. We saw it in the two parades of the National Holiday on October 12 in which Sofia was alone, without her sister. Philip VI y Joy they did not part with their youngest daughter for a minute.

We have seen that the two sisters are thick and thin on many occasions. When Sofía took Leonor by the hand, in Chinchón, last Easter. Or when their eyes meet in Oviedo at the moment the princess is going to speak. When they go up the six blue steps arm in arm to the stage at the Campoamor Theatre. Or in Santiago de Compostela in 2022.

Two courses away from Leonor

In the two courses that have been separated, they have been missed. Sofía and Leonor communicate with their eyes and gestures. They form a team. The Princess of Asturias has mentored her experience in the classrooms at UWC Atlantic College and her sister has followed the same path. Wales has provided the heiress with independence, autonomy and self-confidence. Some strengths that we have seen consolidated in her visit, alone, to the headquarters of the Cross in Madrid last December. Eleanor has grown up. She instructs her father how to operate a feature on her mobile. Normal, as many young digital natives do.

Sofía faces her new stage of the International Baccalaureate, which will begin in August, on the 29th. She will then begin her international training in the World Colleges network, an institution that promotes interculturality and social transversality. She fosters a diverse environment made up of students from more than 70 countries. A unique experience that former students share with the new ones. It is the great moment for the infanta, which coincides in time with the entry of the heiress into the Royal General Military Academy of Zaragoza. Leonor will also begin her military training as a Lady-Cadet in August.

Braids, extra long hair and baby doll dresses

Sofia is very spontaneous. Her gestures and her body language are those of a 16-year-old, impulsive, soccer fan and follower of trends and fashion.

His powerful evolution of style began at the age of 15. She likes the flat shoe and the ballerinas, the casual, the look jeans-t-shirt-sneakers; and for the summer, babydoll flower dresses and espadrilles. She really likes braids and, above all, extra long hair (so centennial).

Her great personality prints her looks, like the one in Oviedo, in October 2022. Sofía, very tall by the way, reinvented the Principado blue sequined dress. The Infanta always arrives in Oviedo with a huge smile. She projects that happy and smiling image, which generates great empathy. This 2023, in August, will be its takeoff year.