2023-07-14 00:53:07
The rumor that King Juan Carlos I would return to Spain if Feijóo wins the imminent general elections on 23J and settles in La Moncloa had been circulating like wildfire for several days. They affirmed that Don Juan Carlos could be seriously considering returning to our country, the nation that saw him reign for 39 years, and set up his residence here permanently if the change in political direction predicted by most of the polls occurs. However, sources close to the former Head of State have denied this information to EFE “absolutely and in all its extremes”, throwing all speculation to the ground. Don Juan Carlos is not considering changing his place of residence, not even in the event that Alberto Núñez Feijóo proclaims himself president of the Government.
Indeed, the father of King Felipe VI plans to travel to Spain a week after the elections, but his return is not at all conditioned on what happens at the polls.
The environment of Don Juan Carlos also categorically denies that staying permanently in one of the rooms of the Palacio de la Zarzuela is among the plans of the abdicated monarch. They assure that the visit of King Juan Carlos will be about precisely that, “a visit”, and it will be temporary.
It is expected that he will travel directly from Abu Dhabi to Vigo, the closest airport to the Galician town of Sanxenxo, in a private Global 5000 aircraft of the Royal Jet LCC company, owned by the Emirati royal family, as has happened on previous occasions. .
But his visit is not motivated by any interest related to the country’s political situation, but merely a sporting matter. The former Head of State wants to witness the regattas that will be held in Sanxenxo between the 28th and 30th of this month and it is very likely that he will be seen in the Galician town, as he has done on the other two occasions in which he has traveled up there.
This is a planned and announced visit before Pedro Sánchez, current Prime Minister, called the elections and in line with the attempt to separate his visits from the electoral campaign period.
It is well known that the King is passionate about regattas, a hobby that he discovered when he was very young at the hands of his father, Don Juan de Borbón, which he passed on to his son, King Felipe VI, and that he continues practicing at 85. years. In addition, he already intended to enjoy it last June, but the weather conditions did not allow it and that visit was not as satisfactory as he would have wanted. He had planned to compete in the 6M class regatta at Caña del Bribón, but the stormy Oscar cut short his plans and forced him to suspend the tournament at the last minute and postpone it to the end of this month.
In Sanxenxo he has good friends, among them Pedro Campos, the president of the local Yacht Club, one of his intimates, who is the one who usually gives him accommodation when he visits this Galician town, which will again be the scene of his trip to Spain. In addition, the dates will practically coincide with the anniversary of his departure: it was August 3, 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, when the Monarch communicated through a letter to his son the decision to leave Spain and settle in Abu Dhabi, where he resides. since then.
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