Former king Juan Carlos meets Felipe VI to conclude controversial return to Spain
Euronews says Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I met his son and the country’s current monarch Felipe VI at the end of a controversial return visit.
The 84-year-old made his way to the Zarzuela Palace on Monday for the first time since he went into exile in the United Arab Emirates in August 2020.
Juan Carlos greeted journalists and a few dozen supporters gathered in front of the royal family’s official residence in Madrid before a private family gathering. He then left for Abu Dhabi.
The visit was marred by the long-standing allegations of corruption and money laundering that dogged the final years of his reign. In March, Spain’s judiciary announced that had closed investigations “due to the lack of incriminating evidence, the statute of limitations on the offences, and [his] immunity”.
The ex-monarch had spent the weekend in Galicia attending a regatta and seeing his friends in the coastal town of Sanxenxo. He then travelled to Madrid on Monday to meet Felipe and Queen Sofía.
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