https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A year after Spain's former King Juan Carlos went into self-imposed exile in the face of mounting questions over his finances, he remains under a cloud of suspicion that complicates his return home. https://www.thelocal.es/20210803/alone-and-bored-a-year-after-exile-legal-woes-haunt-spains-ex-king Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:27:45 +0200 alone-and-bored-a-year-after-exile-legal-woes-haunt-spains-ex-king Spain's scandal-hit former king Juan Carlos I, who now lives in exile, has settled a debt of over four million euros with the Spanish tax authorities, daily newspaper El Pais reported Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210225/spains-former-king-settles-4-million-tax-debt-from-exile Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:02:48 +0100 spains-former-king-settles-4-million-tax-debt-from-exile The ex-lover of Spain's king emeritus testified Friday that her life had been threatened by a former spy chief on orders from the exiled monarch himself in a conversation that "terrified" her. https://www.thelocal.es/20210115/ex-kings-former-lover-says-spain-spy-chief-threatened-her-life Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:20:21 +0100 ex-kings-former-lover-says-spain-spy-chief-threatened-her-life Spain's scandal-hit former king Juan Carlos I, who now lives in exile, has settled a debt of nearly €680,000 ($820,000) with the Spanish tax authorities, his lawyer announced Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201210/spains-disgraced-former-king-settles-tax-debt Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:24:22 +0100 spains-disgraced-former-king-settles-tax-debt Spanish prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether former king Juan Carlos I used credit cards linked to accounts not registered in his name in a possible money-laundering offence, judicial sources said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201105/spains-scandal-hit-former-king-faces-credit-card-probe Thu, 05 Nov 2020 11:20:33 +0100 spains-scandal-hit-former-king-faces-credit-card-probe Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos had denied that a former mistress at the heart of a graft allegation that pushed him into exile ever held money on his behalf, in a 2018 letter published Friday in Spanish media. https://www.thelocal.es/20200821/king-juan-carlos-denies-former-mistress-laundered-money-for-him Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:54:54 +0200 king-juan-carlos-denies-former-mistress-laundered-money-for-him Juan Carlos, the former king of Spain who went into exile this month in the face of graft allegations, is in the United Arab Emirates, the royal palace said Monday, ending the mystery on his whereabouts. https://www.thelocal.es/20200817/exiled-king-juan-carlos-is-hiding-out-in-united-arab-emirates Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:37:52 +0200 exiled-king-juan-carlos-is-hiding-out-in-united-arab-emirates King Felipe VI of Spain moved Sunday to distance himself from his scandal-hit father, stripping him of his palace allowance and renouncing what he was due to inherit from him. https://www.thelocal.es/20200316/spans-king-felipe-distances-himself-from-scandal-hit-father Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:29:26 +0100 spans-king-felipe-distances-himself-from-scandal-hit-father The Spanish parliament decided Tuesday that it would not conduct an investigation into suspected money laundering by former king Juan Carlos even though a Swiss probe will reportedly go ahead. https://www.thelocal.es/20200311/spanish-parliament-rejects-probe-of-ex-king-juan-carlos Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:59:12 +0100 spanish-parliament-rejects-probe-of-ex-king-juan-carlos Spain's former king Juan Carlos I, who retired from public life in June, will undergo heart surgery on Saturday, the royal palace said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190822/spains-former-king-juan-carlos-to-undergo-heart-surgery Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:35:15 +0200 spains-former-king-juan-carlos-to-undergo-heart-surgery King Juan Carlos has announced that he will retire from public life on June 2nd, the fifth anniversary of his abdication. https://www.thelocal.es/20190529/in-pics-the-life-of-king-juan-carlos Wed, 29 May 2019 15:01:42 +0200 in-pics-the-life-of-king-juan-carlos Former Spanish King Juan Carlos was under fire Monday after a photo emerged of him meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has been tainted by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://www.thelocal.es/20181126/king-juan-carlos-under-fire-for-meeting-saudi-crown-prince Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:18:34 +0100 king-juan-carlos-under-fire-for-meeting-saudi-crown-prince Spain's prime minister said Tuesday he could not reveal who got a tax amnesty six years ago after the former mistress of Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos alleged he benefited from the measure. https://www.thelocal.es/20180718/controversy-as-spains-king-juan-carlos-accused-of-getting-tax-amnesty Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:11:41 +0200 controversy-as-spains-king-juan-carlos-accused-of-getting-tax-amnesty Spain's former king Juan Carlos is once again in the spotlight after his alleged former mistress claimed he was involved in money laundering, sparking calls for an investigation. https://www.thelocal.es/20180717/former-spanish-kings-ex-mistress-says-he-laundered-money Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:57:38 +0200 former-spanish-kings-ex-mistress-says-he-laundered-money Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who turns 80 on January 5th, has taken a secondary role since his son Felipe 300ascended the throne in 2014, putting an end to his nearly four decades-long reign. https://www.thelocal.es/20180105/in-pics Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:01:41 +0100 in-pics Spain's former king Juan Carlos I, who turns 80 on Friday, makes a public comeback with his son Felipe VI at the weekend after complaining bitterly of being left on the sidelines. https://www.thelocal.es/20180104/king-juan-carlos-to-stage-comeback-for-birthday-celebrations Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:01:27 +0100 king-juan-carlos-to-stage-comeback-for-birthday-celebrations Prince Kardam, the eldest son of Bulgaria's one-time tsar Simeon Saxe Coburg, died on Tuesday aged 52, seven years after a car accident in Spain left him in a coma. https://www.thelocal.es/20150407/prince-kardam-of-bulgaria-dies-in-spain Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:22:03 +0200 prince-kardam-of-bulgaria-dies-in-spain A controversial sculpture of former king Juan Carlos of Spain being sodomized has finally gone on display in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20150323/row-over-sodomize-sculpture-king-juan-carlos Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:59:13 +0100 row-over-sodomize-sculpture-king-juan-carlos Spain's Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would examine a paternity a suit against former King Juan Carlos who abdicated in 2014. https://www.thelocal.es/20150114/court-to-hear-paternity-suit-against-ex-king Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:35:35 +0100 court-to-hear-paternity-suit-against-ex-king Tens of thousands of mourners packed Seville's Gothic cathedral and lined nearby streets on Friday for the funeral of Spain's flamboyant Duchess of Alba, the world's most-titled aristocrat, who died on Thursday aged 88. https://www.thelocal.es/20141121/spain-farewells-rebel-duchess-of-alba Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:41:00 +0100 spain-farewells-rebel-duchess-of-alba