There are two months left for the big day: on May 6, Westminster Abbey will be the center of attention because Charles III will be crowned as King. The successor of Isabel II counts among its illustrious guests with Juan Carlos I and of course attendance at the historic act of Philip VI y Doña Letizia.
The presence of doña sofiawith which it is very possible that we will see again in London the photograph of the current monarch and his wife together with the emeritus, as happened at the funeral of the previous sovereign.
The affectionate kiss and hug between Felipe VI and his father at the funeral for Constantine of Greece It was undoubtedly the most commented image of the obsequies of Doña Sofía’s brother. It became clear that, personally, Don Juan Carlos and his son maintain a close relationship despite the distance that separates them: the father of the current Head of State has lived in Abu Dhabi for almost three years, 7,000 kilometers from Zarzuela . Before he left, Felipe VI He had publicly reprimanded his father, withdrew his allowance and renounced the inheritance that might correspond to him after it was revealed that the Emeritus had an account with tens of millions of euros abroad. The ‘scolding’ that Felipe VI dedicated to his father after the previous monarch’s visit to Spain was also leaked, with a media exhibition in Sanxenxo that neither Zarzuela nor Moncloa liked. “He has to explain himself and ask the Spanish for forgiveness,” the President of the Government told the King at the inauguration of Ave a Murcia. Now, according to the sources consulted, the Executive has asked Casa Real for the emeritus to apologize publicly if he wants to continue participating in media events in the company of the head of state. But the truth is Don Juan Carlos You do not have to ask anyone’s permission to attend an act like the coronation of Carlos III as a member of a reigning house, just as you did not ask to be in Paris with the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner, where he received treatment and honors from head of state and was received by the President of the Republic himself.
Juan Carlos I said at the beginning of that trip that he would return soon but after hours of conversation with his son in the Palace behind closed doors, he has not returned. They were only seen in London and Athens, but not in Spain, despite the fact that the emeritus has no pending accounts with the courts if we except the harassment process that he faces in the British courts for the complaint of his ex-lover. Corinna Larsen.
The emeritus, however, is delighted with the presence of his grandson Froilan in Abu Dhabi, who has looked for a job after the cry for help from the infant Elena, that he went to his father after the drift that his son’s continuous appearances in the media were taking, and not precisely in institutional or cultural acts.
But despite having his grandson nearby and the constant visits from friends and other relatives, such as the infanta christinawho is helping and advising in the divorce process of Iñaki Urdangarin, Don Juan Carlos is delighted to leave the Gulf and have some social life, either to funerals (which he could not miss) or to events as beautiful as the arrival of his friend at the French Academy Mario Vargas Llosa in Paris.
Apart from a commented visit to Spain, which has not occurred to our knowledge, King Juan Carlos I could return to Spain in the coming weeks, his next stop could be at the coronation ceremony of Carlos III.
It’s been 70 years since the world witnessed a historic event like the one ahead, when the late Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953. The United Kingdom, where preparations for the solemn coronation ceremony of Carlos III in Westminster, will be a meeting point not only for the main Royal Houses, including the Spanish, but for leaders from all over the planet. Almost everything, because Russia and Putin will not be there.
Charles III will be blessed, anointed and consecrated as the new British sovereign and his wife Camilla will be enthroned as Queen Consort Camilla before a huge audience. The presence of don Juan Carlos in this framework may even benefit him in the face of the trial that he has pending against his ex-lover, precisely in London.
While the British are debating their own unknowns in the face of this celebration, as if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend, in Spain we await that photo of Don Juan Carlos and his son again.
Meghan y Harry
Neither the famous interview of the Sussexes on American television, nor the Netflix series nor the controversial memories of Prince Harry attacking his family have prevented Carlos II from inviting the couple, who has received the call to attend the coronation, if well they have not yet confirmed that they will go.