Where in the world is former Spanish king Juan Carlos?
Accused of accepting bribes, he helped move Spain from dictatorship to democracy and his lawyer says the former monarch is at the ‘disposal of prosecutors’
04 August 2020 - 18:30
Madrid — Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has gone to the Dominican Republic after abruptly leaving his home country under a cloud of scandal, several Spanish newspapers said on Tuesday, though one placed him in Portugal.
The royal palace said on Monday that Juan Carlos, who abdicated in 2014 over a previous scandal, was leaving so that his personal affairs would not overshadow his son King Felipe’s reign, in a statement that stunned Spaniards...
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