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"Spanish media have reported that King Felipe may be planning to put further distance between himself and his father -- by asking him to leave his residence at the Zarzuela Palace grounds west of Madrid.There's also been talk of a constitutional reform to strip immunity from the king. "And the Royal Household is keeping a distance in the face of these disturbing reports. Felipe was born in the latter years of the Francisco Franco regime, as the dictator’s health was declining and the government was taking halting steps in the direction of greater political and economic liberalization. King Felipe VI' (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe], baptised as Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is the current King of Spain. With his retirement imminent, this could be the last time he performed that particular public duty.Earlier the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh greeted King Felipe and Queen Letizia at Horse Guards Parade, in a traditional welcoming ceremony.The wind died down and the sun broke through the clouds just as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh stepped on to the dais at Horse Guards.But the government of Gibraltar said the king's focus on a dialogue between London and Madrid was "undemocratic".King Felipe will lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and the prince will join them on a short tour of the abbey, including the Tomb of Eleanor "Leonor" of Castile - the 13th-Century Spanish princess who married Edward I.People from different households cannot meet indoors, or in gardens, under reimposed lockdown rules.Then King Felipe stepped into a carriage with the Queen for the traditional procession down the Mall accompanied by the Household Cavalry. The sum of his two reigns, 45 years and 21 days, is the longest in modern Spanish history. "In March, just as Spain went into lockdown, King Felipe renounced any personal inheritance from his father and stopped the annual public stipend paid to the former king.Juan Carlos, who is now 82, is widely credited with helping to guide Spain to democracy after the long dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Spain. "It disturbs all of us, and me, too," Sanchez said on national TV this month.The attorney general's office in Spain said in a statement on June 8 that the Supreme Court investigation was indeed focused on the high-speed rail project in Saudi Arabia -- and that Juan Carlos' name had come up in the case. But in recent years, his image has suffered. "The rest is speculation. Yet that's unlikely, three analysts told CNN, because Spain's political parties are deeply divided.Even as Spain battles the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says there's another issue that "all Spaniards are witnessing" -- the "unsettling reports" about the murky finances of the royal family.The prosecutors are focusing on people purportedly linked to Juan Carlos who may have acted as proxies for bank accounts, the Spanish official said.The attorney general's office for the canton of Geneva declined to comment on the Swiss investigation, but the Spanish official told CNN that prosecutors at Spain's Supreme Court had received information from Switzerland.
King Felipe, 52, appears to be working hard to carve out his own image among Spaniards. "The judicial system is at work," Sanchez said.
Analysts told CNN there's now unprecedented pressure on Spain's monarchy, which King Felipe vowed to make more transparent when he took over six years ago.Spanish media now report almost daily on the alleged financial dealings of former King Juan Carlos I, even before he abdicated in 2014, and on the efforts of his son, King Felipe VI, Spain's current head of state, to distance himself from his father.King Felipe, 52, appears to be working hard to carve out his own image among Spaniards.