スペイン皇太子、３年間の軍事教練へ

【マドリード（スペイン）ＡＦＰ＝時事】スペイン政府は１４日、レオノール皇太子が９月から３年間、即位に備え軍の士官学校で学ぶと発表した。（写真はスペインのレオノール皇太子。資料写真）
　マルガリタ・ロブレス国防相は会見で、国王フェリペ６世の長女で１０月に１８歳となるレオノール皇太子について、２０２３年度は北東部サラゴサにある陸軍士官学校で、２０２４年度は北西部ガリシア州の海軍士官学校で、２０２５年度は南東部ムルシア州の空軍士官学校で学ぶと述べた。
　ロブレス氏によると、王室は、国王や他の議会制君主制国家の君主と同様、皇太子も軍事教練を受けなければならないと考えている。
　皇太子は５月末、英ウェールズにある全寮制のＵＷＣアトランティック・カレッジの高校課程２年間を終了し、国際バカロレア資格（国際的に認められる大学入学資格）を取得予定。
　父の先例に倣う場合、皇太子は軍事教練を終えた後、国内の大学に通い、国外の大学院で修士課程を修了することになる。
　王室は「将来の国家元首が軍事教練を受けるのは、欧州の議会君主制国家で広く見られ、共有されている伝統だ」としている。スペインでは憲法に基づき、国家元首である国王が軍の最高司令官になるという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/15-17:03）

Spain's Crown Princess Leonor will begin three years of military training in September as she prepares to one day take the throne, the government said Tuesday.
King Felipe VI's oldest daughter, who turns 18 in October, will attend the Spanish army's General Military Academy in the northeastern city of Zaragoza during the 2023-24 academic year, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said.
The heir to the Spanish throne will then spend a year at a navy school in the northwestern region of Galicia and a year at an air force school in the southeastern region of Murcia, the minister told a news conference.
The Royal Palace believes she must receive military training, as her father his majesty the king did, and as is done in other parliamentary monarchies, Robles said.
In recent years we have made a significant effort to incorporate women in the armed forces, she added.
Princess Leonor is expected to complete two years at the UWC Atlantic College boarding school in Wales at the end of May, graduating with her International Baccalaureate.
If she follows in the footsteps of her father, she will attend university in Spain once she finishes her military training and then complete a masters abroad.
King Felipe studied law at Madrid's Complutense University then obtained a masters in international relations at Georgetown University in Washington.
Spain's Royal Palace said it is a widely observed and shared tradition in European parliamentary monarchies that future heads of state develop a miliary career.
It recalled in a statement that under Spain's constitution, Princess Leonor will become the head of the armed forces when she ascends the throne.