The Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, will be distinguished this Wednesday, June 3, with the Gold Medal of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, in an institutional ceremony that will be held at the seat of the autonomous Parliament and in which the decoration will be bestowed upon her by its president, Visitación Martínez.
Doña Leonor's arrival at the Murcian Parliamentary Chamber is scheduled for 10:00 AM, where she will be received by the president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, the president of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, Visitación Martínez, the Government delegate, Francisco Lucas, and the third vice-president of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen.
Upon entering the institution, Her Royal Highness will greet the members of the Chamber's Board, the former presidents of the Institution, and the spokespersons of the four parliamentary groups.
The main event will take place in the Patio de los Ayuntamientos, with the presence of the other regional deputies. In this space, the agreement of the Chamber's Board by which the Gold Medal of the Legislative Institution is granted will be read.
Subsequently, the president of the Regional Assembly of Murcia will bestow upon Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias the highest distinction of the autonomous Parliament. Afterwards, Doña Leonor will proceed to the Salón del Príncipe, where she will sign the Golden Book of the Regional Assembly of Murcia.
To conclude the visit, in the Patio de las Comarcas, the official photograph of H.R.H. the Princess of Asturias with the regional deputies will be taken.
Origin and meaning of the Gold Medal of the Regional Assembly
The Gold Medal of the Regional Assembly of Murcia was created in 2022, in accordance with the Regulations on Honors and Distinctions of the Murcian Parliamentary Chamber (BOAR number 117, of May 5, 2022).
It is the highest-ranking honorary distinction of the Chamber, which provides for its award to natural or legal persons who, due to their personal merits or institutional trajectory, have contributed significantly to the promotion of democratic values, to the projection of the Region of Murcia, or to the improvement of coexistence and the well-being of its inhabitants.
In June 2022, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Statute of Autonomy of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, the Regional Assembly awarded its Gold Medal to former Presidents of the Parliamentary Chamber Carlos Collado, Manuel Tera Bueno, Miguel Navarro Molina (posthumously), José Plana Plana, Francisco Celdrán Vidal and Rosa Peñalver Pérez, as well as to Encarnación Fernández de Simón Bermejo, in recognition of her 25 years as a lawyer-secretary general of the Regional Assembly.
After her visit to the Regional Assembly, Leonor de Borbón will travel to the municipality of San Javier, home of the General Air and Space Academy (AGA), where she will receive the Gold Medal of the Town and will be named Adoptive Daughter of the same in an institutional ceremony at the riverside City Hall.
Subsequently, the heiress to the throne will move to the Palace of San Esteban, in Murcia, where the president of the Community will present her with the Gold Medal of the Region.