Spain

New poll shows high disapproval for the self inflicted exile of King Juan Carlos of Spain

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17th August 2020
A new poll for one of the most pro monarchy newspapers in Spain show that over half of those who took part disapprove of the departure of Juan Carlos I from the country he ruled for almost forty years. And 60% those asked believe that his decision harms the present monarch. The poll published last week by the newspaper ABC is not good news for the Spanish monarchy. More than half of those who…
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King Felipe meets Spain's Prime Minister for first time since exile of Juan Carlos

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12th August 2020
King Felipe VI has held a formal meeting with the country’s Prime Minister for the first time since news of the exile of former monarch, Juan Carlos, broke. The two men had an audience at the Marivent Palace in Mallorca where Felipe VI is spending ten days with his family. Spain’s king usually holds a meeting with the Prime Minister during the royal stay in Mallorca but this…
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Sisterly love - Princess Leonor helps Infanta Sofia to walk after suffering accident in Mallorca

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10th August 2020
The heir to Spain’s throne, Princess Leonor, helped her sister, Infanta Sofia, to walk on their first appearance in Mallorca after the younger royal hurt her leg soon after arriving on the island. Sofia, who is thirteen, had a large bandage around her knee as she arrived in Petra, Mallorca with Leonor and their parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, for a planned engagement.
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A bruising week for Spain's royals ends with more questions than answers

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8th August 2020
Less than a week after he announced his decision to leave Spain, King Juan Carlos is all the country wants to talk about. The former monarch announced he was going into exile on August 3rd 2020, having already departed, quite possibly in the hope that by going he would take away some of the intense focus that has fallen on the country’s royal family in recent times because of allegations…
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