The King’s Images Juan Carlos I and Bárbara Rey kissingrevealed this Wednesday by the Dutch magazine ‘Privé’, were divulged by the star’s own son, Angel Cristo Jr.who maintains that he took the pictures himself child, at the request of his mother, and that she used them blackmail the monarch.
According to his version, reported by the aforementioned Dutch publication, his mother told him about her relationship with the king, whom she presented as “a rich and evil man”, about a year before taking the photos. “I must have been 12 or 13 years old at that time,” he says in the interview.
“I only saw him in person the day I took the pictures.. Before that, my mother had seen him at home two or three times, but her commitments made it difficult for her to come,” says Bárbara Rey’s son, who says: “I didn’t go to school that day to take the pictures.“.
According to the testimony she gave to “Privé”, her mother told her that the king “was a terrible man who treated her badly”, like “all the other men in her life who had sexually exploited her”. “I felt sorry for her and I felt like I had to help my mother.“, defends Angel Cristo Jr.
According to her version, “she really didn’t want to blackmail him.” [al rey Juan Carlos]but my godmother suggested that my uncle take the pictures.” However, his mother did not trust him and preferred that her son take them: “I loved photography and I always asked my parents for cameras as presents. According to my mother, She didn’t want anyone else to take pictures. because they would be worth millions,” he said.
According to him, he was not aware of what was happening. “I only listened to my mother when I was a child. But at one point she told me, ‘You take good pictures. It’s a pity you can’t do it because you’re just a child. On the other hand, I know you wouldn’t betray me.’ So I helped her,” he said. According to his account, he took the pictures on June 22, 1994.It was Wednesday and I didn’t go to school that day.“, he assures.
Barbara Rey herself has already expressed it. angry at your sonWho required a few months ago, for making these images public.”It shows who my son is and what he looks like.“, he said in statements to ‘Espejo Público’ this Wednesday.
