Laurence Debray, biographer of Juan Carlos I, assures that the book “is not finished yet” and that “it is not going to be published now”

The king gift Juan Carlos He plans to write his memoirs and has been working on them for a couple of years, as we anticipated a long time ago and is now confirmed. It is not at all clear, however, that he will publish them, at the beginning of 2025, as has been said, but the title is Reconciliation, as we already anticipated. “He has the last word and the truth is that, at the moment, there is no release date,” he declares. Laurence Debray, the biographer who helps the former monarch in this work who clarifies that His Majesty “takes it very seriously.”

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The French-Venezuelan biographer is also the author of the essay My fallen king (My Fallen King), published by Stock, the same publisher that has just removed Reconciliation from its list of new publications, after Point de Vue magazine gave some details and fragments of the book. “My father always advised me not to write memoirs. Kings do not make confidences. And even less so publicly. Their secrets are buried in the darkness of the palaces. Why should I disobey him now? Why have I finally changed my mind? I have the feeling that my history is being stolen from me,” the King told the French weekly.

Now she is the historian Laurence Debraywho gives more details after the commotion that arose after the announcement of the publication. In statements to Hola magazine, Régis Debray’s daughter agrees with the version of Philip VI’s father regarding the reason for this decision to tell his life story: “It is true that she has the feeling that they have stolen his story. Everyone has commented on his life and the events that marked it. For once, he wanted to and needed to give his version of the events, of what he experienced, which seems very human to me. yes, he disobeys his father by writing these memoirs,” he explains. “It is the book of truth. It is true. It tries to convey to the Spaniards and the young generations what his career was and so that they can get to know him a little more personally and not only institutionally. It is titled Reconciliation, which seems to me an excellent title, because it is his objective today,” he adds. The writer also confirms to the aforementioned weekly that she started writing it “more than two years ago” and that she helps her. “It is a long-term project, still under construction. It is not finished yet and will not be published now or soon. There is no release date. He will decide when it will be finished and published,” the biographer clarifies.

Juan Carlos I “is about his entire life, from his childhood to today,” Debray tells us. “He does not emphasize one period more than another, he talks about everything equally, both from the point of view of the statesman and from the personal point of view,” he reiterates, although he does not give details about whether his lovers are included in the story. The French author also explains that the publication “contains photos, some unpublished” and that “it is a book written in the first person and in French,” he clarifies. “Because I am French and because the King is perfectly bilingual and expresses himself very well in French. It will also be published in Spanish, of course,” she explains. Laurence Debray already said a long time ago that the King dreams in French.