Royal House King Juan Carlos establishes his residence in Abu Dhabi, will visit Spain "frequently" and will stay outside La Zarzuela
'Juan Carlos I Case' The Supreme Prosecutor's Office shelved the investigation of the King Emeritus
The King Emeritus is enjoying a few days in the company of his family in
Abu Dhabi
(United Arab Emirates), where Juan Carlos moved in August 2020 after leaving Spain.
Specifically, King Juan Carlos has been accompanied in Abu Dhabi by his daughters, the
Infanta Elena
and the
Infanta Cristina
, as well as some of his grandchildren.
Don Juan Carlos announced at the beginning of March that he was finally choosing to remain in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
, although he conveyed to
King Felipe VI
his willingness to travel frequently to Spain to visit family and friends now that the State Attorney General's Office He has closed the open investigations against him.
This was made known to his son in a letter, dated March 5, three days after the Prosecutor's Office made public its long-awaited decision, and that
Zarzuela
has made public at his express wish so that the Spanish could know his decision. .
After months of speculation about when and where the one who was King for almost four decades would settle on his return to Spain, Don Juan Carlos decided that the best thing for him, and in addition for his son, is
to remain in Abu Dhabi
, where he has now his residence, although it does not close the door to a definitive return.
Felipe VI, for his part, "respects and understands the will" expressed by his father in the letter, according to the Royal House in its statement, thus accepting the decision made by the King Emeritus.
In these more than two years, Don Felipe has rarely referred to the situation of his father, whose possible inheritance he already renounced in March 2020 after his relationship with the
Lucum Foundation
and the
Zagatka Foundation came
to light and before that the Prosecutor's Office opened the first investigation against him in June of that year.
In total, there would finally be three open proceedings, now archived, for the alleged collection of commissions by the King Emeritus for the
concession of the AVE to Mecca
to Spanish companies, for the use by Don Juan Carlos and other relatives of
cards ' black'
paid for by a Mexican businessman and for the existence of an account with 10 million euros in his name on the
island of Jersey
, a tax haven.
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