Ka kammala wannan jumla: Infanta Pilar ta yi shekarunta na farko a gidan sarautar Spain. Har ta kai 'yar shekara huɗu, wata mai renonta ce ta yi renonta. A lokacin da take da shekaru bakwai, an sanya karatunta a karkashin kulawar Duchess na Berwick da Alba. A wannan lokacin, kwanciyar hankali na sarautar Isabella II ya yi rauni. Sarauniyar ta rasa, a cikin sauri, manyan 'yan siyasa biyu na gwamnatinta. Leopold O'Donell ya mutu a watan Nuwambar 1867 da Narvaez a watan Afrilu 1868, yayin da yake shugabancin gwamnati. A lokacin rani na 1868, bayan sun yi 'yan kwanaki a Fadar la Granja, dangin sarautar Spain sun koma gabar tekun Cantabrian. Sun tafi Lekeitio don ciyar da lokacin yin wanka a cikin teku, wanda aka tsara wa sarauniyar yayin da take fama da cutar fata. Pilar tana 'yar shekara bakwai a lokacin. Abokanta na kullum 'yan'uwanta mata ne Paz, mai shekara shida, da Eulalia mai shekara huɗu. An koyar da ɗan'uwansu Alfonso, mai shekara goma, daban saboda shi ne magajin kursiyin. Babbar 'yar'uwar Pilar, Infanta Isabella ta yi aure ga dan uwanta Count of Girgenti a watan Mayu kuma ta kasance a kasashen waje a lokacin bikin auren ta. Yayin da dangin sarauta suke a Lekeitio, wani tashin hankali na soja ya barke. A ranar 28 ga Satumba, nasarar da sojojin sarauta suka yi a karkashin jagorancin Janar Novaliches a cikin
Yaƙin Alcolea ya rufe ƙarshen sarautar Sarauniya. Bayan kwana biyu, dangin sarautar Spain suka haye iyakar ta jirgin kasa zuwa Biarritz.