Nobody expected it. On Wednesday evening King Felipe VI of Spain was accompanied by his daughter Crown Princess Leonor Princess of Asturias to watch a semi-final football match of the Champions League.

"Until now, no one knew that the Princess of Asturias, 10 years old, loved football," noted the Spanish daily "El Pais" on April 27 in an article published after the match between in the semi-final of the champions League Atletico Madrid to Bayern Munich. It was indeed a real surprise for all to see get the little princess Leonor Wednesday night at Vicente Calderón stadium in Madrid where the match is disputed. This was the first time that the future queen of Spain sat in the Royal Box a field to witness a match and, it could not be otherwise, all eyes and camera lenses were fixed on it.
 It was the first time that the eldest daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attending a football match, and more generally to a sporting event. In addition, it was also the first time that the heir to the Spanish crown was on a public act only in King's company, his father.

Dressed in a Nanos gray pants and Eli ballerinas and a mottled black and white Pili Carrera coat, white Nanos, Princess Leonor took place beside the king in the royal box of the stadium. And despite his young age, the girl did not seem at all intimidated to rub shoulders with the authorities and the coach of the Spanish football team Vicente del Bosque.
Photo Credits:Paris Match