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Infanta Pilar, sister of King Juan Carlos, hospitalised

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3rd September 2019
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz has been hospitalised in Mallorca after being sick for several days. She was admitted on Saturday – the day that her younger brother, former King Juan Carlos was released from a private clinic in Madrid after a triple bypass.The 83-year-old aunt of King Felipe has suffered from ill health for some time and announced she had colon cancer at the…
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King Juan Carlos of Spain discharged from hospital

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1st September 2019
King Juan Carlos of Spain has been released from the hospital after spending a week in the hospital following a triple bypass on Saturday, 24 August at the Quirón de Pozuelo Clinic in Spain’s capital of Madrid. It was decided to have the procedure by the end of August…
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King Juan Carlos transferred out of intensive care

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27th August 2019
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been transferred out of the intensive care unit after his condition improved following major cardiac surgery over the weekend.The former King of Spain had a triple heart bypass – an operation which has been described as successful.The 81-year-old’s condition has since ‘evolved favourably’ according to doctors, with the decision being made to…
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King Juan Carlos of Spain undergoes triple heart bypass

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25th August 2019
Doctors treating the former monarch of Spain, Juan Carlos I, say the major cardiac surgery he underwent this weekend has been a success. Juan Carlos had a triple bypass on Saturday at a private clinic in Madrid.King Felipe VI and his mother, Queen Sofia, arrived at the hospital while the operation was still going on. Felipe later said the family was happy with the progress being made by Juan…
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King Juan Carlos to undergo heart procedure

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23rd August 2019
Spain’s King Emeritus, Juan Carlos is to undergo a heart procedure, Casa Real announced last night.King Juan Carlos will undergo the operation on Saturday, 24 August at the Quirón de Pozuelo Clinic in Spain’s capital of Madrid. It was decided to have the…
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A look at the Royal Palace of La Almudaina

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13th August 2019
The Royal Palace of La Almudaina (or in Spanish, Palacio Real de La Almudaina) is located in Palma, Mallorca (or Majorca) in the Balearic Islands and serves as the official summer residence of the Spanish monarch and other members of the Spanish Royal Family (even though…
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Spain’s Prime Minister wants to remove noble titles from 37 families

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8th August 2019
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his government seek to remove the noble titles of 37 families. The government has submitted a proposal which will remove 37 noble titles from the Spanish nobility. All the 37 noble titles that are proposed to be removed are titles which were given out by the Franco-regime.On July 30, the Socialist Parliamentary Group registered a proposal…
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