A year on: the exile of King Juan Carlos
3rd August 2021
On the afternoon of August 3rd 2020, a simple letter was sent to the King of Spain. In it, the man who had once ruled the country told his successor that he was leaving to protect the monarchy. By the time that letter was made public, Juan Carlos I of Spain had gone into self-imposed exile.
A year on, the man they call King Emeritus remains thousands of miles from the country he once helped…