Spain’s former monarch is a headache for his son
An exiled ex-king pooh-poohs allegations of sleaze
“Explanations? of what?” With three words, the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, ensured that his first trip home for two years would make waves. Asked by a journalist if he would comment on the allegations that have dogged him for years, he suggested he had nothing to answer for.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The return of the king”
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