MADRID – Spanish former King Juan Carlos denied claims made in a brand new e book that he had a secret daughter in feedback to Spanish news company Efe on Friday.
It is uncommon for the previous monarch, who in recent times has been hit by a whirlwind of monetary and private scandals, to remark personally on tales about his personal life.
“I absolutely deny having had any amorous relationship with Mrs. Rosario Palacios and consequently having a daughter with her,” he advised Efe from his house in Abu Dhabi.
Juan Carlos, 84, stated he was commenting on the rumor “out of respect for the truth” and the “honor” of the folks affected, including he was “rejecting and condemning as false all that has been published in relation to this invented affair”.
Many main Spanish retailers picked up the story after a e book by two investigative journalists, resulting from be revealed on May 8, claimed Juan Carlos had fathered a secret daughter, Alejandra, a while within the late Nineteen Seventies or early Eighties with Palacios, a Spanish aristocrat.
Juan Carlos departed to Abu Dhabi in 2020 below a cloud of monetary scandals that shook the Royal House.
Once revered for his position in Spain’s transition to democracy, the recognition of the previous king fell drastically after scandals that included an affair with Danish nationwide Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn and the taking pictures of an elephant in Botswana. He abdicated the throne in 2014.
The former monarch left Spain for Abu Dhabi in August 2020 after a number of investigations opened in Spain and Switzerland over alleged fraud. —Reuters
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