​Princess Leonor, heir to the throne of Spain and future head of the army, will begin her three-year military training in September, the Spanish government announced on Tuesday, AFP and News.ro reported.

The daughter of Spain’s King Felipe VI will turn 18 in October, and the royal family believes that “she should undergo military training, like His Majesty the King and as it is accepted in other parliamentary monarchies,” a Spanish minister said. defense press service Margarita Robles after the meeting of the Council of Ministers.

The government approved the decree, which establishes the training and military career of the Princess of Asturias, said the press secretary of the executive power, Isabel Rodríguez. The Minister of Defense noted that this training will begin in September, after the future head of state completes secondary education in Wales.

She will complete a year in the Army at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza (Northeast), followed by a year in the Navy at the Marina Naval Academy (Northwest) and a year in the Air Force at the General Aviation Academy in San Javier. ery (southeast) – said Margarita Robles.

The minister emphasized that Leonor will become the first female head of the army in Spain.

If the princess follows her father’s example, she will then study at a Spanish university – Felipe VI graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid’s law school – and then get a master’s degree abroad – his father studied international relations at Georgetown University in Washington.