{"id":14775,"date":"2026-04-30T20:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:33:20","slug":"how-infanta-sofia-of-spain-is-making-the-spare-title-her-own-as-she-steps-into-her-royal-role-on-her-19th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14775\/","title":{"rendered":"How Infanta Sofia of Spain is making the \u2018spare\u2019 title her own as she steps into her royal role on her 19th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018It\u2019s wonderful that you say without Venus, there wouldn\u2019t have been a Serena,&#8217; Princess Leonor said during her address. She added that sisters are \u2018our great allies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/travel\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">travel<\/a> companions,\u2019 before sweetly smiling at Infanta Sofia, who beamed back.<\/p>\n<p>Infanta Sofia has been well-prepared for her next chapter. In the Summer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/2025\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025<\/a>, she graduated from UWC Atlantic \u2013 the so-called \u2018Hippy Hogwarts\u2019, which is also the alma mater of her older sister, the Princess of Asturias, as well as King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant.<\/p>\n<p>King Felipe and Queen Letizia joined Sofia in Wales for her graduation ceremony that May, looking hugely proud of their daughter as her tutor described her as a \u2018naturally empathetic and affectionate listener\u2019. She continued, describing the young royal&#8217;s journey as \u2018marked by perseverance and remarkable personal growth\u2019 and called her \u2018a true friend in difficult times\u2019 who would be \u2018greatly missed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Person Teen Nature Outdoors Sky and Horizon\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1648807887.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Infanta Sofia of Spain studied at UWC Atlantic College in Wales, pcitured<\/p>\n<p>Handout\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But Atlantic College\u2019s loss was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/spanish-royal-family\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spanish royal family<\/a>\u2019s gain. In the years following her graduation, Infanta Sofia has gone from strength to strength, showing maturity beyond her years when she supported Queen Sofia following the death of her sister, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s wonderful that you say without Venus, there wouldn\u2019t have been a Serena,&#8217; Princess Leonor said during her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[273,286,17,8160],"class_list":{"0":"post-14775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-royals","10":"tag-spain","11":"tag-spanish-royal-family"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}