• REAL HOUSE A photograph captured in Abu Dhabi shows the physical deterioration of King Juan Carlos

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  • Anniversary. Infanta Elena accompanies King Juan Carlos in Abu Dhabi on one of his saddest birthdays

"Looking forward to seeing you soon."

This has been the repeated tagline almost like a mantra with which King Juan Carlos has thanked the congratulations that have come from his friends on his 83rd birthday on January 5.

Probably the saddest of his life despite the comfort that the

visit of his daughter Infanta Elena,

of whom he is flesh and blood, has provided him.

As published by

Vanitatis

and confirmed by LOC, Doña Elena traveled to Abu Dhabi after the bells of 2021 to be with her father in this

date, as he also did in November.His initial intention when he learned that his father would not return for Christmas was to spend the holidays there with him, but

decided to postpone it to his birthday

so as not to leave their children, Froilán and Victoria Federica, or their mother alone on those dates,

Doña Sofía

, with which he had dinner on Christmas Eve.

The unknown has been the Infanta Cristina, since

Urdangarin

, who obtained a prison permit,

traveled to Vitoria with his four children

to spend Christmas with his mother,

Claire Liebaert,

But no one has seen the Infanta this time, unlike in previous years, when she was lavishing around the city with Iñaki.

According to a source in his environment,

"The daughters were sorry to leave Don Juan Carlos alone at this time,

so I do not rule out that they have

taken to accompany you

and Elena did it for her birthday. "In addition to Elena, some media have published that the anniversary was also attended by other relatives and friends, such as

Pedro Campos,

intimate of yours. "It is totally false, neither I nor anyone knows about

circle of Don Juan Carlos in Sanxenxo

We have traveled to the Emirates to celebrate it.

Many falsehoods are published "the sailor assures LOC, in whose home in Sanxenxo the King Father passed

his last night in Spain

on the eve of his voluntary exile in Abu Dhabi on August 3.

secrecy around King Juan Carlos,

whose privacy is shielded by the Al Nayan family, reigning in Abu Dhabi, especially by the all-powerful heir, Mohamed Bin Zayed and his brother Mansur, owner of Manchester City, make it difficult to contrast details about his life there.

There are even doubts about the place where he is staying, as it is stated that it is in

a suite at the luxurious Emirates Palace resort

, but the aforementioned source disagrees: "Now he resides in a residence of the royal family with all kinds of comforts, they have even adapted a mechanism in the gardens to soften the prevailing heat and make the temperature spring."

YEARNING

None of this seems to satisfy the King Father, who at all times reveals in his circle the longing he feels for Spain, according to that close friend attests.

"He's having a really bad time, he's counting the hours to be here again."

What he believed would be a short stay, a kind of vacation until the storm subsided, according to what he told his friends, is taking longer than is bearable for an 83-year-old man, with severely reduced health due to 17 interventions, the last one a open heart, and practically tied to a wheelchair.

As found in the

photo taken on December 29 by a tourist

who made the program public

Live life

, where he appears on a jetty on the island of Yas supported by two bodyguards.

A deterioration that has unleashed speculation about his health, to the point that in December it was published that he suffered from coronavirus and was

admitted to Cleveland Hospital in Abu Dhabi

, something that Zarzuela denied. Shortly after, Don Juan Carlos

confirmed that he would not return for Christmas

adducing "the sad situation of the pandemic in Spain and in the world, and for being a high-risk person."

It was his illusion, to the point that he previously made a

voluntary tax regularization of 678,392 euros

for card expenses from an account in the name of his friend Allen Sangines-Kraus, which was of little use to him, since controversy broke out again.

WAITING FOR THE VACCINE

The

pandemic excuse

He had part of the truth, because according to what his close friend testifies "from the Royal House they insist that it is risky for his health to travel at this time, and he wants to believe that when the vaccine arrives, nothing will prevent him from returning."

Something that he already tried in October, but was paralyzed by the leak of new investigations by the Supreme Court.

And it is getting very difficult for him, despite not being prosecuted, given Zarzuela's resentments that the campaign against the Crown orchestrated by Podemos, members of the Sánchez Government, is fueled.

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