Princess Leonor takes another step in her military career: she is now officially a cadet

The Princess of Asturias is now more than adapted into his life at the Military Academy of Zaragoza. A month has passed since her new stage, and King Philip’s daughter celebrated the occasion. his first major act of military training. This is about saber deliverywhich means that Leonor is already a cadet after receiving a few days ago red beret.

The law appoints cadets, ladies and gentlemen. 540 new students which arrived in August. This is the first major ceremony attended by new soldiers, and it lasted only half an hour without family members present. Instead, it is led by Brigadier General Manuel Pérez López, director of “La General,” as they call the Zaragoza academy.

Leonor smiles and is proud

Upon completion of your training, Leonor will go from cadet to army officer. Thanks to this ceremony, brief but very colorful in its images, the heiress regains fame in the Spanish royal house.

It was Zarzuela who sent several images to the media in which we see Leonor in action. Dressed in the uniform of the rest of her companions, as another one, we see the heiress firm, with his head held high and a serious gesture. Of course, when it was his turn to pose alone, he did so with a half-smile that seemed to express the pride he felt as he advanced in his military career.

What does surrendering sabers mean?

The ceremony of presenting the saber is a symbolic act, during which it is established that the cadets who entered the Military Academy of Zaragoza a month ago are already embarking on the path to officerhood. As for Princess Leonor, she is already a cadet. accepted “the ideals of honor, courage and loyalty set forth in the Cadet Decalogue.”

It is the first second-year cadet who hands the saber to the first second-year cadet, and so on. In addition, they gave a short speech where they pointed out, on the one hand, the “life of service, dedication, dedication and selflessness that they have chosen.” He too”a strong willingness to withstand the rigors of military life”with the goal of becoming officers who inspire the ‘spirit of the ‘General’.” What they consider to be the common and cohesive element of all officers trained at the Academy.

Currently, the use of the saber is limited to ceremonial actions and ceremonies, carried by those who command the units. Therefore, his reception assumes paramount importance as a symbol of the command that, in a few years, will be exercised by the cadets now entering officer training.

Thus, when receiving a saber, a knight or lady cadet assumes a command function for which he must prepareformalizing the obligation to accept the values of patriotism, honor, loyalty and service, the basis of their moral formation, included in the cadet’s decalogue.