The bullfighting public wants Juan Carlos I to return to Spain

BarcelonaThe pressure for the return of the emeritus king Juan Carlos I even reaches the bullring. It is known that bullfighting is a hobby of the former head of state, but since 2019 he had not frequented a bullring to receive an ovation, which is what he always receives when he steps on them from his loyal public. The fervent applause happened again this Easter Sunday, when he attended the Real Maestranza in Seville to see the return of the bullfighter José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, who has supported the PP and Vox on different occasions. The attendees, standing, paid tribute to him despite the long shadow of corruption that pursues him. At the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, he already received a strong ovation in May 2019 and also visited the Aranjuez bullring in June 2019.

Juan Carlos intended to make another visit to Spain for his regattas in the Galician town of Sanxenxo last March, but the conflict in Iran stopped the trip dead. His comings and goings since he fled to the United Arab Emirates in August 2020, hounded by corruption, have been based mainly on regattas, in which he has also sought ovations, as well as some private family meetings, also with his son, but far from the spotlight.

When the documents of 23-F were declassified, which underpin the monarch's saving official version, the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, , something that the Royal House has never looked upon favorably. In fact, when the popular politician made these statements, . But this Monday it was the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who once again said that Joan Carles has "open doors" throughout Spain to "welcome him". The fact is that Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz do not want him as a member of the royal family's inner circle or at the Zarzuela Palace. In fact, Felipe's distancing strategy from his father has intensified in recent years, but it has been in place since the beginning of his reign. In Abu Dhabi, where he is currently because his mansion is under construction, , which he has used to repay the money his friends lent him to regularize his situation with the Tax Agency. Lately, he has published and promoted his memoirs to vindicate himself and