Juan Carlos I, the emeritus king who has lived in Abu Dhabi for more than four years, will publish a book containing his memoirs, according to what the French magazine Point de Vue announced on Tuesday. The book will be published early next year by the publishing house Stock and its title will be Reconciliation. According to the aforementioned French publication, the publication “looks back at the childhood of the emeritus sovereign and the great moments of his reign from his coronation” until his abdication in 2014.
In more than 500 pages, Juan Carlos de Borbón “explains his mistakes and bad choices,” according to the summary made by the publisher. “He does not hide his regrets. “He speaks from the heart, like someone who knows that he does not have much time left and prefers to confess than to lie,” the company adds.
“My father always advised me not to write memoirs. Kings do not confess, much less publicly,” is one of the monarch’s reflections. “His secrets remain buried in the darkness of the palaces,” adds Juan Carlos I. “Why should I disobey him now? Why did I finally change my mind? I feel like my story is being stolen from me,” he concludes.
Last Friday, it was announced that the Republican Assembly of Vigo had reported the King Emeritus and the Infantas Elena and Cristina to the State Attorney General’s Office and the Tax Agency (AEAT) for alleged tax crimes and money laundering. The entity considers that the establishment in Abu Dhabi, by Juan Carlos de Borbón, of a foundation with funds of several million dollars to ensure the inheritance of his daughters shows that he has funds abroad that he has hidden from the Spanish treasury, even after two regularizations. .the prosecutors.
His fortune estimated by Forbes and the The New York Times – according to information from El Confidencial included in the indictment – reaches 2,000 million euros.
