King Juan Carlos, to 'Le Figaro': "I Regret that the 'Spirit of the Transition' Has Been Lost to the Detriment of Spain"

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Juan Carlos looks back: Why he calls a million-dollar gift from Saudi Arabia a "serious mistake" - and what he reveals about Franco and his family.

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The Emeritus King does not hide his nostalgia for Spain and his desire to be able to return from exile in Abu Dhabi, where...

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In two interviews in French media on the occasion of the publication of his memoirs, he reviews his life, his role in the Transition and argues that if he left Spain it was "to help" Philip VI and "not to hinder the proper functioning of the Crown"

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He resigned from the crown in 2014 and moved away from the media area in 2020. Philip VI's predecessor and father live isolated on the island and, for the first time, tells stories of his kingdom and post-Monarchy life.

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In "Reconciliation", the former ruler, in exile in Abu Dhabi, tries to repeat the thread of his personal account, between confession, justification and regret. Quit drawing the light again on a reign marked by cracks and suspicions of corruption. An advertisement that the current king of Spain, who has had to stop keeping his father away, would have gone well.

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The Emeritus king wanted to claim his role in the arrival of democracy in Spain on the eve of the 50th anniversary of his arrival on the throne and he did so in an interview in the French newspaper Le Figaro. In it he emphasizes that this "did not fall from the sky" and regrets that in current politics the "spirit of the Transition" does not reign. "I regret that a certain political spirit, which we call the 'spirit of the Transition' has been l…