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Casa Real’s Twitter account reaches a million followers hours after King Juan Carlos announcement

Spain’s Casa Real (or Royal House in English) now has over a million Twitter followers. They reached the milestone just hours after the announcement that King Juan Carlos would go into self-imposed exile.

The account was created in 2014 just a month before King Juan Carlos handed over the throne to his only son, King Felipe VI. It’s aim was to make the Spanish monarchy more well-known and share the work of the family on social media. They’ve since sent over 6,300 tweets.

Casa Real only follows 16 account, all of which are verified royal family accounts, Spanish government related, Olympic, or EU government related.

Yesterday, Casa Real released a letter from King Juan Carlos to King Felipe where he told his son of his intention to move abroad.

The allegations surrounding Juan Carlos have grown over the past months. He is under investigation over claims he hid money that came to him via a rail contract in bank accounts in Switzerland. In March 2020, Felipe VI declared publicly that he would not take any personal inheritance from his father and he withdrew the allowances being paid to Juan Carlos.

It’s believed the former monarch left Spain via Portugal for the Dominican Republic. His wife, Queen Sofía, will remain in Spain and continue her royal duties with the support of her son.

King Juan Carlos ruled Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. He was instrumental in the establishment of democracy in the country after the death of fascist dictator, Francisco Franco.

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Brittani is from Tennessee, USA. She is a political scientist and historian after graduating with a degree in the topics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in December 2014. She also holds a master's degree from Northeastern University. She enjoys reading and researching all things regarding the royals of the world. She's been researching, reading, and writing on royalty for over a decade. She became Europe Editor in October 2016, and then Deputy Editor in January 2019, and has been featured on several podcasts, radio shows, news broadcasts and websites including Global News Canada, ABC News Australia, WION India and BBC World News.