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Spain's King Juan Carlos to Publish 'Uncompromising' Autobiography
- Last Monday, Juan Carlos, former king of Spain, announced he will publish memoirs titled 'Reconciliation' by year-end, an unprecedented move for a Spanish monarch, via Planeta.
- Juan Carlos, in exile in Abu Dhabi since 2020, aims to reclaim his narrative, feeling his history is being stolen, as he seeks to counter past controversies.
- Planeta states Juan Carlos's memoir is a first-person account covering his nearly 40-year reign, with detailed anecdotes on public and private life.
- Juan Carlos’s memoir revisits scandals like his affair with Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and elephant hunting, impacting his relationship with King Felipe VI and with prosecutors dropping fraud probes due to insufficient evidence.
- When published later this year, Juan Carlos’s memoirs are described as a historic event that aims to reshape perceptions of his role in Spain’s transition to democracy.
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Spain's king Juan Carlos to publish 'uncompromising' autobiography
Former monarch Juan Carlos I will publish "Reconciliation", his memoirs at the end of the year. The book will explore his controversial private life, his role in Spain's democracy and reflections from his exile in Abu Dhabi. He's now revealing all he says because his 'story' is being stolen.
It was October or November 2020, it doesn’t exactly remember it. But the world was plunged into the heart of coronavirus pandemic. Laurence Debray (Paris, 49 years old) had gone that afternoon to the apartment of one of her friends facing the Pantheon, an imposing building in the center of Paris where “the great French heroes are buried,” she says with undisputed pride. Her mobile phone rang. “I answered and it was King Juan Carlos,” she explain…
Juan Carlos I, the former king of Spain, will publish his memoirs by the end of this year, marking such an unprecedented demers for a Spanish monarch, announced the month edition of Planeta, informs Reuters, taken by Agerpres.
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www.ertnews.grMy father always advised me not to write my memoirs... I disobey him because they are stealing my story, Juan Carlos is reported to have said.
The former king of Spain Juan Carlos will publish his memories by the end of the year, an unprecedented gesture by a Spanish monarch, announced the edition of Planeta, transmits Reuters. Once honored for its role in...
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