He king Juan Carlos turns 86 and celebrates it with a private party in Abu Dhabi to which his daughters will attend, the infantas Elena and Cristina and also friends like Mario Vargas Llosa o Felix Sanz Roldan, former head of the CNI. The foreign press also echoes the emeritus' birthday.
He Daily Mailone of the most read tabloids in the United Kingdom, comes out with an article reviewing his figure as monarch: “Get to know Juan Carlos I, the handsome king who rescued democracy and the Spanish throne but who today lives in exileharassed by an ocean of complaints about adultery and financial irregularity“. In the article, they add: “Times have changed for Juan Carlos of Spain, who He was once the most glamorous king in Europe, and by far“.
They also talk about family tensions: “The controversy surrounding the former king is such that when, in October, his granddaughter Leonor, heir to the throne, turned 18 and swore fidelity to the Spanish Constitution, Juan Carlos was not invited to the public event, only to the subsequent family reunion“, they highlight in the tabloid. Alleged family tensions that the members of the Royal Family tried to appease on the 60th birthday of Infanta Elena, celebrated on December 20 in a restaurant in Madrid.
“Forced to abdicate in 2014, Juan Carlos finds himself surrounded by accusations of financial irregularities (although nothing has been proven against him) and still facing multimillion-dollar lawsuit from ex-lover“, they also write, in reference to Corinna Larsen and the harassment lawsuit filed against him in London.
Regarding his financial situation, it must be remembered that in March 2022 the State Attorney General's Office archived all investigations carried out on his fortune and assets as it did not find sufficient evidence to file a complaint before the Supreme Court. The former Head of State also regularized his fiscal situation with two payments. In December 2020 he paid the treasury 678,393 euros corresponding to a tax debt from 2016 to 2018, when it was no longer inviolable before the law due to his abdication. He thus prevented the opening of the investigation. The second tax regularization came in February 2021. He paid more than 4 million to the treasury for the eight million euros he received in flights from a private jet company paid until 2018 by the Zagatka foundation, owned by his distant cousin. Alvaro de Orleans.
In it Daily Mail nor do they overlook Barbara Rey and the alleged blackmail: “Public money worth more than £500,000 was also allegedly paid to the 1971 Spanish Miss World candidate, Bárbara Rey, so that she would not reveal their affair.”
Other international media
Point of view, a French magazine specialized in Casa Reales, also echoes the birthday of King Juan Carlos, talking about the party organized in Abu Dhabi for this day. According to Hola, Pedro Campos (president of the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo), Michael Arias (businessman and owner of the Flanigan restaurant in Mallorca) and the doctor Eduardo Anitua (doctor specializing in stomatology) have been in charge of organizing the party, to which in addition to those mentioned above they will also attend as guests the Koplowitz sisters, the journalist Carlos Herrera and Los del Río.
They will not attend the party, with around 100 guests and a Marbella dress code. Philip VI in Joyfor logical reasons and because, in addition, they preside over the Military Easter this Saturday, January 6. Neither do Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía.. Yes, most of his grandchildren; Froilanthe most similar to him, who lives in Abu Dhabi and has a big stake in a major oil company thanks to him; Victoria Federica, Always Faithful; and the children of the Infanta Cristina. The assistance of Pablo and Irene is assured, that of Juan Valentin y Miguel in the air due to incompatibility of agendas.