‘My History Is Being Stolen’: Scandal-Prone Spanish Former King to Publish Memoirs
- Spain's former king Juan Carlos announced he will publish his memoirs by year-end, an unprecedented move for a Spanish monarch.
- Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 after a nearly 40-year reign marked by scandals including an affair and an elephant hunting incident.
- The memoirs, published by Planeta, will detail his private life and significant episodes in Spain's recent history, aiming to highlight his democratic contributions.
- Spanish prosecutors investigated alleged fraud in Spain and Switzerland but dropped probes due to insufficient evidence and statute of limitations.
- Juan Carlos's memoirs could shape public opinion as he remains living abroad in Abu Dhabi and continues to be viewed as a burden on the monarchy.
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It was October or November 2020, it doesn’t exactly remember it. But the world was plunged into the heart of coronavirus pandemic. Laurence Debray (Paris, 49 years old) had gone that afternoon to the apartment of one of her friends facing the Pantheon, an imposing building in the center of Paris where “the great French heroes are buried,” she says with undisputed pride. Her mobile phone rang. “I answered and it was King Juan Carlos,” she explain…
Juan Carlos I, the former king of Spain, will publish his memoirs by the end of this year, marking such an unprecedented demers for a Spanish monarch, announced the month edition of Planeta, informs Reuters, taken by Agerpres.


My father always advised me not to write my memoirs... I disobey him because they are stealing my story, Juan Carlos is reported to have said.
The former king of Spain Juan Carlos will publish his memories by the end of the year, an unprecedented gesture by a Spanish monarch, announced the edition of Planeta, transmits Reuters. Once honored for its role in...
'My history is being stolen': scandal-prone Spanish former king to publish memoirs
MADRID - Spain's former king Juan Carlos will publish his memoirs by year end in an unprecedented move by a Spanish monarch, publishing house Planeta said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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