Friday, March 29

The emeritus has landed in Madrid first thing in the morning to see his son


Juan Carlos I’s private jet landed at 9:33 a.m. at Barajas airport from Vigo

Melchor Saiz-Pardo

Juan Carlos I is already in Madrid to see his son after 22 months. The former head of state landed at 9:33 a.m. at the Adolfo Suárez airport aboard the same Gulfstream G450 private jet that he used last Thursday to travel from Abu Dhabi to Vigo. The device, from the company Bestfly and in which the emeritus is accompanied by a dozen people according to the flight plan, had left the Peinador de Vigo airport at 8:30 am.

The former head of state disembarked discreetly and quickly through the pavilion of the General Aviation Service SL FBO (executive terminal) where his escort was waiting for him. According to State security sources, the emeritus will have his own security capsule during the hours he will spend in Madrid. In principle, the program only provides for the meeting with Felipe VI and other members of the family in Zarzuela. Although the exact time of day when this meeting will take place is unknown, various sources suggest that it would be a lunch, after which the former head of state would immediately return to the United Arab Emirates, always aboard the private plane he is using. on this ‘tour’.

It will be the first face-to-face, at least that has transpired, between the person who holds the Head of State and his predecessor since the emeritus was forced to establish his residence in Abu Dhabi 22 months ago given the erosion to which they were subjecting the monarchical institution investigations into his heritage and relationship with Corinna Larsen. The aristocrat is still fighting a lawsuit for harassment against Juan Carlos de Borbón in London. Zarzuela has resisted detailing the appointment between the two monarchs: there is no specific time or format, nor is an image of the Royal Family planned. The last official of father and son dates from May 2019.

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The events of these last four days, in which the emeritus has not ruled on the shadows of his execution, have shown that the protocol agreed for the return carried with it the germ of disagreement. And that the crossed discomforts have transcended, until contaminating today’s reunion, underlines how the trip has made the wound bleed between Juan Carlos I and his heir, who stripped his father two years ago of his assignment as a member of the Royal House to the time that he himself renounced the paternal patrimonial legacy abroad.

The king emeritus wanted the reception at Zarzuela to allow him to stay in what was his residence for 40 years. Felipe VI, who came to see him before traveling to Sanxenxo avoiding the fuss. Neither one condition nor the other have been possible and the reunion has been tinged with coldness. It is unknown what the Royal House will allow tomorrow to transcend it, while the Government and the parties clash over the royal conduct and the very future of the Monarchy in the first chapter of a return that will be repeated on June 10.


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