The wedding gift of Juan Carlos I to Bárbara Rey and Ángel Cristo

“Hello Majesty,” he says Barbara Rey to the handsome gentleman who awaits her at the door of what appears to be a luxurious palace. He laughs and answers: “I’ve already told you many times not to call me that.”

It is one of the scenes starring the actors Jaime Lorente and Belén Cuesta in the first chapter of the series Christ and Kingwhich Atresmedia premieres next Sunday. The preview of two of the episodes, screened this Thursday at the Callao cinema, brought together a multitude of guests, from the Councilor for Culture Andrea Levya rose benedict And your daughter Chayo Mohedanoor own Barbara Reyhis daughter sophia christ and the journalist Chelo Garcia Cortes, who has a role in the series, as a close friend of the actress, her photographer and trusted person. Bottom photo, Jaime Lorente and Belén Cuesta in a scene from the series.




The creator and screenwriter, Daniel Ecijabrings to the screen the controversial story between the tamer and one of the most spectacular actresses in Spanish uncover cinema, as well as the muse of the UCD, the party of Adolfo Suarez. But so is she, and that is why she will go down in history as the highest paid lover in the world. King Juan Carlos I.

In the advanced chapters in the public premiere this Thursday, it is finally seen in images, what has always been commented on about the meetings of the monarch with the vedette, even the Queen Sofia.

Barbara is delighted with the result of this testimony of her complicated family and love life and this could be her new relaunch on the sets. As of this series, she can no longer dodge and deny questions about her scandalous affair with the former monarch, despite having received a lot of money from the state coffers for keeping quiet about these affairs.

We do not know the rest of the chapters and if all the anecdotes and experiences of Juan Carlos and the statuesque star will appear. Like one of those told years later by Sabino Fernández Campo, head of the King’s House, very critical of this reckless relationship of the monarch.

Apparently, at a time of economic crisis for María, the real name of the actress, she would have asked her royal lover for a loan and as a guarantee, she gave him a jewel with a valuable diamond, which the king kept in his safe .

And when some time later, she announced that she was going to marry the tamer, General Fernández Campo advised His Majesty to have a detail with her as a wedding gift. And so he did. The king returned her jewel to him, without asking for the return of her loan, although we all know that the marriage of angel christ and Bárbara, ended in a stormy way, as Juan Carlos I also ended up leaving the actress and presenter, whose silence was generously paid for by CESID, the secret services that ensure state security.