Carlos I Brandy de Jerez, Solera Gran Reserva in Gift Box, 70 cl (1 bottle)

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a b Araluce, Gonzalo; Sáinz, Jorge (21 January 2017). "Juan Carlos pactó en secreto los términos de la Marcha Verde con Hassan II". El Español. The Spanish public also gave a broadly positive opinion not only of the abdication but of his reign as a whole. According to a poll taken by El Mundo, 65% saw the King's reign as either good or very good, up from 41.3%. Overall, 55.7% of those polled in the 3–5 June survey by Sigma Dos supported the institution of the monarchy in Spain, up from 49.9% when the same question was posed six months prior. 57.5% believed the Prince could restore the royal family's lost prestige. An overwhelming majority of Spaniards believed the new King, Felipe VI, would make a good monarch and more than three-quarters believed King Juan Carlos had been right to hand over the throne to his son. [86] Retirement [ edit ]

Tomlinson, Richard (2 April 1993). "Obituary: Don Juan de Borbon". The Independent. London . Retrieved 10 June 2014. In December 2021, the Swiss prosecutors dropped all cases due to the impossibility of proving any illegality. [113] Credit cards and bank accounts [ edit ] Spanish prosecutors shelve fraud probes into former king Juan Carlos I". euronews. 2 March 2022 . Retrieved 29 March 2022. The Swiss bank internally hid the identity of the king emeritus in the millionaire account". Pledge Times. 27 November 2020.Powell, Charles (1996). Juan Carlos of Spain. St Anthony's Series. Oxford, UK: MacMillan Press. pp.1–5, 9, 13–14, 27–28, 50–51, 221–222. ISBN 0-333-54726-8.

British Prime Minister David Cameron stated: "I would like to use this opportunity to make a tribute to King Juan Carlos, who has done so much during his reign to aid the successful Spanish transition to democracy, and has been a great friend of the United Kingdom." [84] The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, said that Juan Carlos was a "believer in Europeanism and modernity...without whom one could not understand modern Spain". [85] La Corona de España es hereditaria en los sucesores de S. M. Don Juan Carlos I de Borbón, legítimo heredero de la dinastía histórica." Juan Carlos I paga más de cuatro millones a Hacienda por los vuelos privados que le sufragó una fundación de su primo". eldiario.es. 25 February 2021. EFE (25 September 2023). "El rey emérito vuelve este lunes a Sanxenxo". El País (in Spanish) . Retrieved 27 September 2023. According to his sister Pilar, he had difficulty in his studies because of dyslexia. [9] Juan Carlos and Alfonso with their father Juan in between (1950)In November 2007, at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago de Chile, during a heated exchange, Juan Carlos interrupted Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, saying, " ¿Por qué no te callas?" ("Why don't you shut up?"). Chávez had been interrupting the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, while the latter was defending his predecessor and political opponent, José María Aznar, after Chávez had referred to Aznar as a fascist and "less human than snakes". The King shortly afterwards left the hall when President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua accused Spain of intervention in his country's elections and complained about some Spanish energy companies working in Nicaragua. [49] This was an unprecedented diplomatic incident and a rare display of public anger by the King. [50] Budget of the royal house [ edit ] Juan Carlos had several extramarital affairs, which adversely affected his marriage. [152] In 2021, the former police official José Manuel Villarejo testified that Juan Carlos was given hormones to reduce his sex drive, as it was seen as a state problem. [153] [154] [155] Cameron destaca la contribución del rey Juan Carlos a la democracia [Cameron highlights the contribution of King Juan Carlos to democracy]". La Vanguardia. 2 June 2014 . Retrieved 5 June 2014.