The concern in Zarzuela is latent and Kings Felipe and Letizia are already preparing after the Emeritus’ latest decision. In the Palace, the latest information that has Don Juan Carlos at the center of the controversy has not gone down well, nor has it gone down well at all. the publication of his photographs with Bárbara Rey that have upended the current tranquility in the Spanish royal house.
The last private meeting in Galicia of the monarchs with the emeritus and in the presence of Princess Leonor has only deepened the “great disappointment” that Felipe VI feels regarding his father after knowing that he is preparing his memoirs. An initiative that, according to the French press, has a full impact on the current relationship between the two men. This is how they describe their bond.
The concern of Kings Felipe and Letizia over the publication of the emeritus’ memoirs
The images of the Emeritus with Bárbara Rey that confirm the relationship they had decades ago have not generated as much concern in Zarzuela as the memories prepared by Don Juan Carlos have. In the Palace they are worried about the consequences that this unpublished document can cause in the stability of the Spanish monarchy led by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, with the generational change represented by Princess Leonor. Under the title of ‘Reconciliation’, the book is scheduled to come out at the beginning of next year with just over 500 pages where the milestones of the Emeritus’ life will be collected.
As announced by the publisher responsible for publishing the memoirs, the King’s father also will delve into the “mistakes and bad decisions” that he has taken throughout his reign. Although it has not been specified, it is expected to refer to the controversy that resulted in his abdication in 2014 and his relationship with Corinna Larsen. What the grandfather of the heir to the throne says – and what he doesn’t – will undoubtedly generate a more than logical impact on public opinion, as well as a flood of information, for the moment, unpredictable.
Aware of this fact, both Infanta Cristina and Don Felipe have already conveyed their disagreement with this decision to their father. The youngest daughter of Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, “contacted her father to reproach him for his decision and tell him that ‘it was not the time’“, they point out from ‘Monarquía Confidencial’. In the case of his brother, “he seemed disappointed,” they add from the aforementioned media, and this was communicated to the emeritus during their private meeting at the Marín Naval School, Pontevedra, where the Princess Leronor continues with her military training.
The Kings, Felipe and Letizia, and Princess Leonor, in Galicia.
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The private meeting of the Kings and Don Juan Carlos that the foreign press has echoed
Everything was prepared for Kings Felipe and Letizia, along with Leonor, to meet with the Emeritus, who these days has moved to Sanxenxo to enjoy the regattas. Their Majesties landed in Pontevedra on September 27 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the swearing in of the flag of the promotion of the King’s Navy and, incidentally, visit their eldest daughter. lThe family meeting took place at the Marín School, outside the official agenda.
“Felipe and Letizia always keep a good distance from the reviled Juan Carlos, who lives much of the year in Abu Dhabi,” says ‘Paris Match’. A few words that show the particularly tense moment in which the Bourbon conclave takes place for the imminent publication of the emeritus’ memoirs.
“Although he still lives in Abu Dhabi, where he went into exile four years ago, the 86-year-old former king, whose name is synonymous with scandalspends more and more time in Spain, where he wants to end his days,” they add from the French magazine.
It should be noted that, from France, they are giving a capital coverage of the subject of the autobiographical book also the grandfather of Infanta Sofía, who remains completely out of the controversy that surrounds his family from his temporary home in Wales. The youngest daughter of the Kings is immersed in her second year of international baccalaureate at the prestigious boarding school UWC Atlantic College.
The not very positive prediction that the French media makes about the situation of the Kings
The bomb of the memoirs of Don Juan Carlos could mark a before and after in the stability of the Spanish monarchy. That is the conclusion conveyed by those responsible for the magazine ‘Point de Vue’, who are blunt about the unpredictable repercussions that this unprecedented movement of the emeritus can have for the royal family of which, in official terms, he is no longer a part. .
“The actions of Don Juan Carlos, who has just created a foundation in Abu Dhabi and is preparing his memoirs, they risk once again destroying the efforts of King Felipe VI to play his role as head of state after a decade of Spanish distrust towards the monarchy and after managing to inspire confidence and build the image of his daughter, the crown princess,” they say bluntly from the French media.