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The Infanta Sofía turns 13 this Wednesday, but this year's will not be a celebration to use. For several weeks, the daughters of the Kings , like the rest of the children and youth of our country, have been confined to their residence, the Palacio de la Zarzuela, from where they continue the school year in a virtual way.
On April 23, the youngest of Their Majesties debuted before the public in the Continuous Reading of Don Quixote organized every year by the Círculo de Bellas Artes on the occasion of Book Day. She did it, how could it be otherwise, accompanied by her sister, the Princess of Asturias, of whom she usually acts as a squire , aware of the background that she is destined to occupy in the course of history.
However, despite this reality, Queen Doña Letizia, and also Don Felipe, although to a lesser extent, strives to pay close attention to the Infanta, so that she does not feel displaced by her older sister at any time. In this way, Their Majesties insist on highlighting that Leonor does not have a privilege as an heir, but rather an obligation and an inescapable commitment that leaves Sofia in a position of greater freedom.
Despite the fact that when they were smaller, the differences were not so evident, since 2018, when Leonor was presented with the Golden Fleece and confirmed her commitment as heir symbolically in the Centennial of Covadonga, the Princess already occupies in the official acts a different place from his sister.
Leonor is always placed to the right of her father, while Sofia is located next to her mother. A detail that Doña Letizia takes advantage of to pay more attention to her little daughter, thus avoiding that she may feel displaced. It happened precisely on the same day of the delivery of the Golden Fleece to Leonor, but also in the debut in Oviedo of the Princess, when at the Queen's indication, the Infanta Sofía was sitting at the presidential table next to her and not in the amphitheater with Queen Doña Sofía, as happened with Infantas Cristina and Elena the day that the then Prince Felipe premiered in Campoamor three decades ago.
Although for now it has only been Don Felipe who has starred alone with his daughters, for example, recently he was caught on social networks with Leonor by the center of Madrid or separately at football matches with both, Doña Letizia was only the He has 'caught' with both meetings, so that this special attention that he dedicates to the Infanta Sofía becomes more evident in official acts.
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