Queen Letizia, as protagonist with Felipe VI to secondary route of the heir

• Challenges. Princess Leonor and her determination to be "the best queen"

• Example. "Princess Leonor has as a teacher a professional journalism"

Comparisons are as hateful as they are inevitable.

In the case of the Monarchy, it is impossible not to establish parallels between members of the same rank from different generations, among other reasons because the institution itself encourages them because of their

.

And, thus, on the

that the Princess of Asturias celebrates today, it is impossible not to wonder if she will follow in her father's footsteps.

It was at that age when Don Felipe began to perform real institutional functions, which included

with his two

abroad and its premiere at the hearings in Zarzuela.

There are also parallels between

Mrs. Letizia

Y

Doña Sofía

in their roles as queens and mothers, as much as things have changed in these decades.

, strict in education and controlling character, have been as loving as severe with theirs.

Doña Sofía, yes,

with Felipe, his right eye, than with Elena and Cristina.

José Antonio Alcina, who was the Prince's tutor, relates in

how the Consort of

Juan Carlos I

She demanded to be aware of the smallest details of her children without delegating to anyone.Doña Letizia is quite similar to her mother-in-law in this area.

But there is a notable difference.

While Doña Sofía lived naturally that her three children were

in the retina of the Spaniards through abundant images and snapshots of both official acts and events of a family and intimate nature, the current Queen has obsessively tried to make Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía grow

away from the spotlights

.

For example, photos have never been seen in

with other friends as was the case with their father or aunts.In Spain we are much more familiar with the offspring of the Windsors or Monaco than with our future Queen, whom we have seen in these 15 years in

.

Until relatively recently, the photographs or videos disseminated by Zarzuela have come by dropper and, except in very specific moments of the calendar such as the August holidays in

, the two girls have grown up oblivious to the posados.Experts in Monarchy consulted by LOC have warned for years of the error that supposed to keep so hidden Leonor and

Sofia

.

Since the heiress turned 14, it is true that the strategy has changed somewhat and the two have started

But still so hesitantly that, without going any further, last spring, during the state of alarm, this supplement

echoed

of the criticism it generated that for months

of the heiress to the throne, while the new generations of all the European royal families gave encouragement to their fellow citizens in such adverse moments. Two great events have just taken place for the Crown, the acts of October 12 at the Royal Palace on the occasion of the National Holiday and the ceremony in Oviedo of delivery of the

Princess of Asturias Awards

, in which it did not go unnoticed how Doña Letizia gave all the prominence to her daughters, and

Beyond the constitutional role of the King and his first-born, the Royal Family arouses an undeniable interest in worldly issues as well.

And with the decision of the Queen not to release costumes in these events, regardless of objectives such as

In the midst of the pandemic, of course he managed to get all the headlines and social chronicles monopolized by his daughters.

Nothing is left to chance. As is inevitable, Doña Letizia is getting closer and closer to losing the role of mother hen.

And in 2021 there will be debates about the heir to the throne who cannot continue asleep, such as

both academic and military, a matter no less than that will require dialogue and

NEW ERA IN PALACE

But the growing prominence of Princess Eleanor coincides in time with the unfinished redefinition of the role

as Consort

by Doña Letizia.

The pandemic has turned everything upside down, also at the Headquarters of the State.

Since March, the great effort of the Kings to

readjust their agendas

and his action to such complicated circumstances.

In fact, during the spring confinement weeks Don Felipe and Doña Letizia

they triggered their activity

-which was accompanied by a Copernican change in Zarzuela's communication strategy- and the Queen became the European consort

more active

before the very serious global crisis.

Accompanying the King or alone, he multiplied his audiences and his actions and finally began to have a robust agenda of his own, after years as Queen as blurred as it was wasted. coincide in the

magnificent preparation of Doña Letizia

and in the rigor with which it approaches its functions.

Nothing remains of the journalist who, after becoming a Princess in 2004, was insecure and

took several years to adapt

to the protocol requirements, to your

institutional role

and the difficult reality that was lived in the bosom of a royal family that we now know was unstructured. The fact is that, as Queen, since 2014, her role of representing the Crown has always been far below that of, for example,

Maxima from Holland

or

Matilde of the Belgians

But the change experienced in recent months is visible, as part of the plan of the Monarchy both to

show exemplarity

In times of coronavirus to overcome the reputational crisis caused by the economic scandals of Juan Carlos I. With regard to the image, Doña Letizia has opted for austerity and maximum sobriety.

In your locker room

-It has not been released for months

hardly anything-, in his accessories, in his hairstyle and even in his gestures,

away from impulsiveness

that it is so difficult for him to control - that is why sometimes he continues to star in scenes as vehement as when in June he asked the King for imperative

lean on the bar

-.And, institutionally, its activity continues to be

much more intense

that before this crisis, when there were entire weeks in which his agenda was empty, something highly criticized.

This week, its official acts have included a working meeting with a delegation from the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities, one of the causes, together with the fight against Rare Diseases, in which it is more focused.

Also a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Women in a Legal World Association and an audience with a group of the entities that created the new Chair for the promotion of women in vocations (STEM) in professional training for sustainable mobility, from the Pontifical University of Comillas.

The latter are gestures of support for the policies of

equality and entrepreneurship

women in which - just look at this year's agenda - the Consort is turning especially,

despite the boycott

of the minister of the branch, Irene Montero, who continues to disdain to rely on her despite the coincidence of objectives between the Queen and her Ministry.

a more ambitious agenda

and open to more causes and groups.

This would also allow the Crown to renew and modernize its image, to associate it with new social sectors, at a time when it is so shaken by some political groups.

Doña Letizia has never forgiven her father-in-law Don Juan Carlos who with his actions

cause serious damage

to the institution that those who are going to suffer the most are their daughters.

Today she, as mother and Queen, tries to pave the way for them.

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