Leonor’s very quick first steps in the Army. She arrives at the Flag Oath, the most transcendent of her professional life. With a kiss on her insignia, the promise to defend Spain materializes, even at the cost of her own life. The solemn ceremony will take place this Saturday, October 7 at 12:00 in the morning in the parade ground of the General Military Academy. Her parents, Felipe VI and Doña Letizia, will attend. After the swearing-in, the heiress will join the second year. This is the sequence of a weekend that starts this Friday the 6th in the afternoon.
Prior to the Flag Oath ceremony, Princess Leonor will carry out the floral offering of the Virgin of Pilar, which will take place this Friday, September 6. In this event, which will take place in the Zaragoza cathedral, the heiress will wear the khaki Army uniform.
A kiss to the flag and the speech “Yes, we swear it”
The cadet lady Leonor de Borbón will kiss the Flag before her parents, Kings Felipe VI and Letizia. He will wear the Army’s formal dress, based on red pants and a navy blue jacket with a double row of buttons, the pink hat (very light felt military helmet) with a red feather, distinctive for the students. and first-year students, as is the case of the heiress. The daughter of the Kings will be the first of her promotion to take the oath, according to The Herald.
We will see her parade for the first time
This joint act by Leonor will last an hour and a half, in which she will star with her 611 classmates and classmates plus the cadet ensigns. Unlike her father’s swearing-in in 1985, which was held individually. The slogan, as stated by the acting Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, is “maximum normality.” Since the Princess’ entry into La General, it has been stressed that she will not have privileges. Minister Robles herself will be present at the event.
The sequence of the act is as follows: the General Director addresses the gentlemen and ladies cadets and cadet ensigns before the Flag: “Do you swear by God or do you promise by your conscience and honor to faithfully fulfill your military obligations, to keep and ensure that the Constitution is kept?” “as a fundamental rule of the State, obey and respect the King and your leaders, never abandon them and, if necessary, give your life in defense of Spain?” Then, in unison and forcefully, the cadets respond: “Yes, we swear.”
Afterwards, the parade begins. They will go in line one by one. They will place a kiss on the flag to symbolically materialize the oath. The event closes with the march of the cadets, in a row of three, under the arch formed by the saber and the flag itself, as a sign that the Homeland accepts its oath. Subsequently, there will be an act of Tribute to those who gave their lives for Spain, the interpretation of the anthem of the General Military Academy and a parade of the Cadet Units.