The love story between the king and the former star has returned to the forefront of the news 40 years later. documentary about the life of Barbara Rey and the interview that he gave to Risto Mejide this Tuesday has revealed unpublished details of his relationship with Don Juan Carlos, which lasted more than ten years. His first meetings were in Zarzuela but his true love nest was 15 minutes from the palace and it was a chalet owned by CESID.
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The house is located at Calle Sextante 9 in Aravaca, Madrid. It has 355 square meters and two floors, with six bathrooms and five bedrooms, only one of them (the one used by Barbara and the emeritus) lightly furnished, since the rest of the house was empty: “It was a cold, unoccupied and vulgar place” she said a few years ago. The exterior is exposed brick, with white doors and windows and bars to the street. The price? Around 700,000 euros.
The actress and the then Head of State accessed separately so as not to arouse suspicion among the neighbors and they also did so through the garage door, from where they accessed the house by a small staircase away from the eyes of others.
The CSID hired a domestic worker to clean up the house hours before the meetings between the lovers. Her obligation was to keep the house clean, replace some items in the refrigerator, especially fruit and champagne, and that there was never a lack of cream and perfume in the bathroom.