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The King Emeritus of Spain is in his home country to compete on board his sailing ship Ribon in Sanxenxo, accompanied by his daughters Elena and Cristina and his sister Margarita
King Felipe met his father, Juan Carlos, in secretamid the media storm unleashed by a Spanish colonel revealing to the newspaper El Plural recordings of the meetings of the King Emeritus of Spain with his fans. While a Dutch magazine (Privé) published inappropriate photos from the nineties of the Latin lover king with TV star Barbara Rey.
The occasion of the confrontation between the two kings – The voluntary exile of Juan Carlos in the Emirates separated her from her – The traditional appointment with the offeree The sailing race in Zhanxingxu that the exiled king never abandons. He quietly returned to his home country a year ago to compete His sailing ship is Bripon, and so far he is back in Spain heading to the Galician seaside resort to compete.
The moment of meeting between the current King Felipe VI and the previous king would have been achieved thanks to the seaBut on the sidelines of the visit of members of the Spanish royal family a few days ago to their daughter and heir, Leonor, at the Naval Academy, École Naval de Marin Che Leonor She will be attending this year (the second year of her career in the Armed Forces) which will also lead her to attend the Aviation Academy.
King Felipe, who in recent years has tried in every way to distance his position from that of his father after the emotional and financial scandals, According to rumors in the Spanish press, he saw his father. He asked about what had been revealed in recent days, as well as about the rumors spreading in Spain About the desire of the titular king to tell his version of events, about his personal history: from his birth in Rome to the Bourbon crown that was returned to Spain after Franco and the last king, Alfonso XIII.
But above all, on the recent rumors about the King Emeritus wanting to tell the truth. “I have a feeling that they want to steal my story. My father always advised me not to write a memoir, but I changed my mind.”, The titular king will write in a preview of his autobiography that has already been distributed in France and, according to Point de Vue, is expected for 2025.
In Sanxenxo, during these days' boat races, the king was joined by his daughters, Infante Elena and Cristina But also by the old woman Sister of Princess Margareta. In short, the family rallies around Juan Carlos, but away from the limelight.
For Philip VI and Queen Letizia, having passed 10 years of rule in June with results confirming the king's good work, the priority is to hand over the crown, which enjoys good popular consensus, to their daughter Leonor, when the time comes. The truth is that 3 out of 4 Spaniards imagine Leonor on the throne todayAs the ABC poll shows, Felipe has done well in recent years.
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