Overview
- The Spanish royal household confirmed Tuesday that Princess Leonor finished the Basic Parachuting Course at the Méndez Parada Military Parachuting School in Alcantarilla.
- Her qualification awards a diploma and the Rokiski or Cazador Paracaidista badge after several automatic jumps, including a night jump completed alongside about 50 cadets.
- The parachute training was undertaken as a two-week complement to her officer education at the General Air and Space Academy and she was photographed wearing the insignia during Armed Forces Day.
- Leonor is in the final days of a yearlong military training cycle and is due to attend farewell ceremonies in Murcia where regional and municipal honours will be conferred.
- She is set to begin a Political Science degree at Carlos III University in September 2026 and the training carries symbolic weight because the heir will become commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces on accession.