After months of discretion and silence, King Juan Carlos has reactivated the machinery to prepare an imminent trip to Sanxenxxo (Pontevedra) where he was already last year in a stay not without controversy and that caused discomfort both in La Moncloa, as in the Zarzuela. The possible temporary return, announced this Monday by El Mundo and the Espejo Público program, would be the second since the King's father went into self-exile in Abu Dhabi in August 2020.
This Sunday, Juan Carlos de Borbón circulated a photo of himself, together with the Infanta Elena and Felipe de Marichalar, at the gates of the Abrahamic Houses, a project with which the Abu Dhabi authorities, who shelter and protect the King's father They want to send the message of a tolerant and multicultural emirate. It was his way of supporting this message and ratifying his decision to keep Abu Dhabi as his permanent residence, but it was also the way of reaffirming his commitment to the emirate and the people who protect and maintain him, when he was already thinking of preparing an upcoming trip to Spain.
Like all the occasions in which he threatened to return and did not, the next trip to Sanxenxo may end up being frustrated, if King Juan Carlos complies with the agreements he has with his son, the King, for which he promised to prepare their possible stays in Spain with discretion and without interfering in the normal functioning of the Crown.
After his stay last May in Sanxenxo, which because it was the first caused a great media impact, King Juan Carlos coincided with the kings, Felipe and Letizia, and with Queen Sofía at the funerals for Queen Isabel II, who took place in London last September. In January they met again, and this time on a more familiar level, at the farewell in Athens to King Constantine of Greece. On that occasion, some images were leaked in which King Felipe said goodbye to his father with a kiss.
King Juan Carlos would also appear on the guest list for the coronation of Carlos III that will take place on May 6 in London, but he would have declined to attend and in exchange the British sovereign would have invited him to a meal at his residence that is precisely scheduled For this weekend, it would be later, Tuesday or Wednesday of next week when King Juan Carlos would travel to Spain from London, either directly to Sanxenxo or passing through Madrid beforehand.
The trip to Sanxenxo, like the one he made last year, is related to sailing since between April 20 and 23, some tests for the 6-meter world championship are held in the Galician town, a modality in which he participates. el Bribón. Although King Juan Carlos would not participate but he would follow the test from an auxiliary boat.
