Stepping on to the stage at the House of Parliament in Madrid this morning, Princess Leonor looked calm and composed despite the historic weight of the moment she officially became 's future Queen. Today on her 18th birthday, the teenager swore allegiance to the Spanish Constitution, meaning that she can now officially act as regent in the absence of her father King Felipe. When she ascends the throne, Leonor will be Spain's first queen regent in for 150 years, but even more significantly she is viewed as a figure who will complete her father's work of distancing himself from the scandal that engulfed her grandfather, King Juan Carlos.
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