A Year After Exile, Legal Woes Haunt Spain s Ex-king By Daniel SILVA
08/03/21 AT 1:31 AM
A year after Spain s former King Juan Carlos went into self-imposed exile in the face of mounting questions over his finances, he remains under a cloud of suspicion that complicates his return home.
He announced on August 3, 2020 he was moving abroad to prevent his personal affairs from undermining his son King Felipe VI s reign and sullying the monarchy.
But his choice of new home the United Arab Emirates, where some of his business affairs triggered the scandals that tainted his reputation in the first place only raised Spaniards eyebrows further.
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Spain s King Felipe VI delivers his traditional Christmas address at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain, December 23, 2017 in this photo released December 24, 2017. Reuters pic
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MADRID, March 5 Families are frequently a source of embarrassment, but the recent troubles caused by Spanish King Felipe VI’s relatives belong to an entirely different realm.
From expedited Covid vaccinations to tax offences and shady financial dealings by family members, Felipe has found himself in a royal mess sabotaging his efforts to clean up the image of Spain’s scandal-tainted monarchy.