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 Her
Royal Highness the Infanta Elena
Her Royal Highness, the
Infanta Elena, Maria, Isabel, Dominica de Silos de Borbon y Grecia is
the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain, and is
third in line to the Crown, after her brother, the Prince of Asturias
and the Infanta Leonor.
She was born in Madrid
on 20 December 1963 and was baptised at La Zarzuela Palace, her
godparents being her paternal grandmother, the Countess of Barcelona,
and His Royal Highness Alfonso de Orleans y Borbon.
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Her
education
She
received her secondary education at Santa Maria del Camino School
and then trained to be a teacher at the ESCUNI University School in
Madrid, qualifying in 1986 as a primary teacher specialised in
English language teaching.
After
a year working as an English teacher at Santa Maria del Camino
School and after taking a course in Sociology and Education at
Exeter University in the United Kingdom, she completed her studies
at the University of Comillas in Madrid where she was awarded a
degree in Education in June 1993.
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Her
activities in Spain and abroad
As
soon as she came of age, she began to take part in institutional
activities as a member of the Royal Family on the occasion of visits
to Spain by foreign Heads of State. She has travelled officially to
several European cities such as Frankfurt and London, and to the
United States, Argentina, Japan and the Philippines, amongst others,
where she presided over different events, most of them cultural. She
inaugurated a Spanish-language television channel in Manila.
On
18 March 1995, she was married in Seville Cathedral to Jaime de
Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada, the son of the Counts of Ripalda. On
that occasion, His Majesty the King granted her the title of Duchess
of Lugo.
She
has two children, Felipe Juan Froilan de Todos los Santos, who was
born on 17 July 1998, and Victoria Federica, born on 9 September
2000, both of them in Madrid.
In
addition to her official activities, the Infanta supports and
participates personally in a number of educational and cultural
activities. She is especially interested in sports for the disabled
and is the Honorary President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee.
She attended the Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney
to support the Spanish participants.
She
loves horse riding and snow sports.
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Source:
Official site of the Royal Household of HM the
King
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She
has two children, Felipe Juan Froilan de Todos los Santos, who was born on
17 July 1998, and Victoria Federica, born on 9 September 2000, both of
them in Madrid.
She
attended the Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney to support
the Spanish participants.
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