Don Juan Carlos wants to attend the funeral of Isabel II and asks Zarzuela for permission

“Cousin Lilibeth” was the affectionate way in which Don Juan Carlos he meant the queen Isabel II, with whom he was united by royal and blood ties. Without speaking publicly, he has revealed that the emeritus intends to ask Zarzuela for permission to attend the monarch’s funeral.

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According to Digital Confidentialthe father of Philip VI wants to go with his son, the Queen Letizia y Mrs. Sofia, who will lead the Spanish representation at the funeral, although from a more discreet level. And so he will ask the House of the King.

Elizabeth II’s funeral will take place next Monday, September 19, at Westminster Abbey, in London, where Juan Carlos has an open court case for the lawsuit filed by Corinna for harassment.

The British monarch only made a state trip to our country and did so in 1988, when both she and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were very well received by Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía. “Come, I present to you my cousin,” the emeritus came to say on that occasion.

It should be remembered that the British and Spanish royal families are linked by family ties, since Victoria Eugenie She was the great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, her husband Philip of Edinburgh and also of the emeritus kings of Spain.