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King Emeritus Juan Carlos of Spain will stay in Abu Dhabi

King Emeritus Juan Carlos of Spain will stay in Abu Dhabi

After 19 months and four days of speculation and searching for opportunities, Juan Carlos I already has a plan with the approval of Zarzuela to return to Spain, although not immediately or permanently. He has thus explained it in a letter sent to his son and that the Spanish Royal House has made public.

Throughout six paragraphs, King Juan Carlos conveys to his “dear son” the plans he has for the coming times. Juan Carlos begins by recalling that in 2020 he left Spain “to facilitate the exercise” of the functions of Felipe VI as King. “I have lived in Abu Dhabi, a place to which I have adapted my way of life and to which I greatly appreciate their wonderful hospitality,” he says.

Juan Carlos, who turned 84 in January, retired from public life in 2019 and in the letter, which he affectionately signs with “your father”, he states that it is his wish to continue as before. He also refers to the investigations that the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office has carried out in the last year, which were archived on March 2.

It has not been until the King Emeritus has known the file of the investigations of the Prosecutor’s Office when he has considered what to do with his future. “It seems appropriate to consider my return to Spain, although not immediately,” he says in the third paragraph.

“I prefer to continue residing permanently in Abu Dhabi”, said Don Juan Carlos to his son, Felipe VI in a letter that was made public this Monday. The King’s father assures that in the Gulf country he has found “tranquility, especially for this period of my life”, he is sincere. “Naturally, I will frequently return to Spain, which I always carry in my heart, to visit family and friends.”

Felipe VI’s father left Spain on August 2, 2020 on a private plane bound for Abu Dhabi. He left Spain without mentioning it to almost anyone and with the idea of ​​leaving for a few months. Before, in March, the Prosecutor’s Office began an investigation into his fortune and the gifts received while he was King of Spain and King Felipe sent a statement in which he rejected any inheritance that he could receive from his father and withdrew The assignment.

This is the statement made public by the Royal House:

Majesty, dear son:

In August 2020, guided by the conviction of providing the best service to

Spain and all Spaniards, their institutions and you as King, I

communicated my decision to move out of Spain, to facilitate the exercise

of your functions. Since then, I have resided in Abu Dhabi, where I have

adapted my way of life and to whom I greatly appreciate his magnificent

hospitality.

Knowing the Decrees of the State Attorney General’s Office, by which

archive the investigations of which I have been the object, it seems appropriate

consider my return to Spain, although not immediately. I prefer in this

moment, for reasons that belong to my private sphere and that only I

affect, continue to reside permanently and stably in Abu Dhabi, where

I have found peace of mind, especially for this period of my life. Even though,

Naturally, I will frequently return to Spain, which I always have in my

heart, to visit family and friends.

In this way I would like to end this stage of my life with serenity and

perspective offered by elapsed time. As you well know, in 2019 you

I communicated my desire to withdraw from public life, and I will continue to do so.

In this sense, both during my visits and if in the future I return to reside in

Spain, it is my purpose to organize my personal life and my place of residence in

private areas to continue enjoying the greatest privacy

possible.

I am aware of the importance for public opinion of the

past events of my private life and that I sincerely regret, as

I also feel legitimate pride in my contribution to coexistence

democracy and freedoms in Spain, the result of collective effort and sacrifice

of all Spaniards.

Whenever it seems good to you, it is my wish that you make this letter public, to

knowledge of all Spaniards and on the date you deem appropriate.

With my loyalty, affection and the immense pride I feel for you.

Your father”

Source: Eluniverso

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