{"id":227460,"date":"2025-06-30T20:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/227460\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:15:12","slug":"spains-former-king-juan-carlos-to-release-candid-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/227460\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain’s Former King Juan Carlos To Release Candid Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Spain's<\/a>Spain’s former King Juan Carlos arrives at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon for the funeral of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, in Lisbon, Portugal, February 8, 2025. REUTERS\/Pedro Nunes\/File Photo<\/p>\n

In a first for any Spanish monarch, former king Juan Carlos of Spain<\/a> is set to release his memoirs by the end of this year, publishing house Planeta announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

Once revered for his role in Spain\u2019s transition to democracy, Juan Carlos was forced to abdicate in 2014 following a series of scandals that included an affair with Danish national Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and the shooting of an elephant in Botswana. He is now seen as a liability for his son, King Felipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spanish prosecutors investigated allegations of fraud laid against the former king in Spain and Switzerland, but dropped the probe due to insufficient evidence and the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n

The former king\u2019s lawyer said at the time that prosecutors had failed to prove the existence of any wrongdoing or criminal behaviour.<\/p>\n

Disobeying Father\u2019s Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cReconciliation\u201d, written in first person, aims to highlight his fundamental contributions to the success of Spain\u2019s young democracy during his almost 40-year reign, overshadowed by his self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi and some of his own mistakes, the publisher said.<\/p>\n

\"Nitin<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMy father always advised me not to write my memoirs. Kings do not confess. And certainly not publicly. Their secrets remain buried in the shadows of palaces. Why am I disobeying him today? Why have I changed my mind? Because I feel that my history is being stolen from me,\u201d Planeta quoted the former king as saying.<\/p>\n

Tell-All Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 87-year-old ex-monarch moved to Abu Dhabi in 2020 and has not participated in any official act with the Spanish royal family since. He only returns to Spain for short visits, mainly to sail his yacht, Bribon \u2013 Spanish for \u201crascal\u201d \u2013 on its northwestern coast.<\/p>\n

The memoirs will tell in detail the private side of a public life, Planeta said, in a book \u201crich in anecdotes that do not shy away from the most significant episodes of our recent history, nor from the joys and sorrows of his intimate and personal life\u201d.<\/p>\n

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