Could the emeritus sue Bárbara Rey? Juan Carlos I’s reaction to his ex-lover’s confessions

The last ‘attack’ of Barbara Rey against the father of Philip VI has arrived in Abu Dhabi. The new revelations of the Murcian woman against the emeritus, admitting that she blackmailed him and he paid her 25 million pesetas to buy her silence, have greatly angered her husband. Mrs. Sofiawho would even have consulted with his legal team about the possibility of taking legal measures to stop his ex-lover’s indiscretion.

This is what Juan Luis Galiacho says. The journalist has revealed in TardeAR that, at first, the emeritus did not show much interest or displeasure in the media war between Bárbara Rey and her son despite the shrapnel splashing him. And it is that Angel Cristo Jr.to make her mother’s ‘true’ face known, sold the photographs in which the artist appeared with Don Juan Carlos eating paella in the garden of their house, like any other couple. The affair between the two, which took place in the 80s and 90s, returned to the headlines and she sat down in Risto Mejide’s ‘chester’ to reveal some information about that romance. At this point, Felipe VI’s father was indifferent. However, the singer’s last interview in the special that Telecinco broadcast last Monday has done her more damage: “Her anger has gone to a crescendo,” says Galiacho. “Don Juan Carlos has been angry. Initially not. But, at the moment he is very angry and is thinking about what possibilities there are to sue Bárbara Rey”. Of course, he clarifies: “Just because he thinks about it or wants to do it does not mean that he is going to do it. He acts alone, of course, neither his son nor the Royal House have anything to do with it.”

And the position of Casa Real in this type of scandals is well known: silence and normality. Especially when we talk about a member who is no longer part of the hard core of the royal family and who abdicated ten years ago, leaving Spain to live in the Emirates.

Probably, Juan Carlos I’s desire to retaliate against Bárbara Rey remains just that: desire. Entering into a judicial war against the former star would greatly harm Felipe VI and would generate media noise that cannot be allowed at this time, when all efforts are focused on protecting the monarchy and paving the way for the heir, Princess Leonor, that he is earning the affection of the people through his own merits and that he certainly does not deserve to have his work tarnished by the mistakes of others.