Only a few hours until the princess takes her oath and ascends to the throne as heir to the Spanish throne Leonor is at the Congress of Representatives. I would like to highlight Saturday’s ‘Weekly Report’ (TVE1). There they asked themselves the following question: How does the Z generation, consisting of young people their age, see the Queen of the future?
They sat us, three 18-year-old university students, on the stairs and looked at each other with our mobile phones on. Eleanor through screens. There was the following dialogue between them: «Aunties, did you see him in the garden? Princess of Asturias Awards? / No, auntie / She looked great / I loved the dress / She’s wearing her mother’s earrings, isn’t she? / How beautiful! She has amazing hair! / He looks very happy / He looks like us, not a robot / A normal human of course. This was the conversation. At the beginning we see something we already know: They’re not watching TV, they’re watching their cell phones. Brief overviews of the current situation. Also his observation Eleanor It’s similar to when you look at a TikTok or Instagram ‘influencer’: the dress, the earrings, the ‘great hair’, how she’s not a robot and how beautiful she is. It is suitable for meditation.
Another moment seemed extraordinary to me. When the program specifically informs us: “Leonor is called to become the third queen of Spain!” They left it like this. They did not specify. Ah! This was a precaution. In these moments of monarchical celebration, it is not recommended to dwell on the previous two queens. Crazy Joan He remained locked up for 46 consecutive years. to the other, Isabel IIpioneer Juan Carlos I In the art of collecting lovers, they married her to an extra person, Francis of Assisiknown as ‘Doña Paquita’ because he was gay; They had 12 children, most of whom died after birth and none of the poor Francis of Assisiof course and eventually isabel He had to leave quickly and settled in Paris, in a palace now converted into a hotel owned by Hong Kong Chinese. It is a measure of mercy that they choose to tiptoe in the ‘Weekly Report’ compared to the previous two queens. In order not to upset the celebration they will be celebrating now. But later LeonoOr they should appoint a teacher to enlighten him. I would lean forward Juan Eslava Galan. A meticulous master of disseminating history, he practices skepticism and retreat. Despite its royal pomp and pageantry, it teaches us to relativise.