Juan Carlos I releases a video to ask for massive support from young people for Felipe VI

BarcelonaTwo days before the controversial memoirs of King Emeritus Juan Carlos I hit bookstores in Spain, a controversial and unexpected promotional message, delivered by the former monarch himself, has surfaced. This Monday, a video was released in which the former king, with a Spanish flag in the background, defends his reign and sends a direct message to young people urging them to support his son as head of state: "I ask you to support my son, King Felipe VI, in this difficult task of uniting all Spaniards," and that Spain continues to follow the emeritus king. This plea has not been well received at the Zarzuela Palace: sources within the royal household, consulted by ARA, made it clear that they had no prior knowledge of the video, that they do not know "what its objective is," and that they consider it "neither appropriate nor necessary."

In the tone of a Christmas address, the former monarch announced that she had "a brief message for young Spaniards": "Especially for those of you who don't know the history of Spain," she emphasized. And there began the glorification of her work as head of state and as the architect of the democracy born from the 1978 Constitution: "Your parents and grandparents, and many Spaniards, managed to achieve an exemplary transition. With the generosity and effort of everyone, we made our country what it is."

On the other hand, he attempted to justify the reason for the controversial book, which has once again disrupted the plans of the Zarzuela Palace, inclined to avoid the financial and personal scandals of Juan Carlos I: "I have made the effort to write it for my parents so that they may remember the moments that can remind you of the recent history of our country." And he pointed out that he does so "without self-serving distortions, explained by someone who experienced the Transition firsthand": "This is the legacy I have been able to leave you," he boasted.

According to the former king's account, "the monarchy has played an essential role in the Transition" and in the work of international relations to "connect Spain with the rest of the world." Five years after his escape from Spain to the United Arab Emirates To escape his tax, legal, and personal scandals, he decided that now, at 87, was the time to reclaim his "legacy." All this despite numerous financial entanglements, including the trail followed by the tax authorities and the multi-million euro tax settlements paid thanks to business friends, which were later... compensated for his extraordinary income earned from Abu Dhabi, of more than four million.

The memoirs arrived in French bookstores at the beginning of November and already caused a profound political uproar for the emeritus's resounding endorsement of the figure of the dictator Francisco Francowho went so far as to say that he respects him "enormously," that he speaks of him "with admiration," and that he "never" allowed "anyone to criticize him" in his presence. Juan Carlos I also places the standoff with the Spanish government of Pedro Sánchez as one of the key points To understand the estrangement from his son Felipe.

The weekend after November 20th of this year, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Franco's death and the beginning of his reign, a private lunch took place with the royal family, headed by Felipe VI, in which Juan Carlos I emerged from his self-imposed exile, which has been carried out as his exile, which has been carried out as his exile is a veil.