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Princess Leonor of Spain is not your average teen. The 14-year-old heir to the Spanish throne — nicknamed Spain’s “Disney Princess” for her flowing blonde locks — delivered an important speech at the Princess of Girona Foundation awards in Barcelona on Monday amid a backdrop of anti-royal street protests aimed at her father, King Felipe Vi, 51. (Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, a semi-autonomous region in northeast Spain whose push for independence has resulted in the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.) To make matters even more daunting, Leonor — who holds the title of Princess of Girona —...

Spain's Princess Leonor, firstborn of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, was christened before King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia at a ceremony in Madrid's royal Zarzuela Palace. Leonor, who could become Spain's first female head of state since Isabella II (1833-1868) if Spain proceeds with a mooted constitutional reform to allow a woman to succeed the throne, was baptized Leonor de Todos los Santos (Leonor of all the saints) with water from the River Jordan. The princess was born on October 31 by Caesarean section to Letizia, a 33-year-old former television news presenter who married Felipe, heir to...