When Felipe ascended to the Spanish throne on June 19, 2014, he inherited a troublesome legacy. The repute of the monarchy was badly broken, which was primarily because of his father Juan Carlos. There have been rumors in regards to the then 76-year-old’s alleged infidelities. When photos of an elephant hunt wherein the king had taken half turned public whereas the nation was affected by the monetary disaster, the folks have been very indignant. Together with his abdication in 2014, Juan Carlos lastly drew the results and cleared the way in which for his son.
It was the profound fall of the person who was celebrated for years because the savior of Spanish democracy as a result of he persuaded putschists to surrender with a resolute speech to the nation in 1981.
No wage for the outdated king
After the change of throne, the connection between father and son didn’t enhance because of additional explosive revelations. When his personal title additionally appeared in reference to a multi-million greenback monetary scandal in 2020, the Bourbon king misplaced his mood: he publicly broke together with his then 82-year-old father and in addition reduce Juan Carlos’ wage as former king – most not too long ago this was round 194,000 euros yearly from the Casa Actual’s family finances.
Although a current exposé e-book claimed that Felipe and Letizia had lengthy been having extramarital affairs and that the wedding solely existed on paper, the requires the abolition of the monarchy in Spain are a lot much less vehement than in 2014. In accordance with surveys, society in Spain is split into two roughly equal camps: one desires to maintain the hereditary monarchy, the opposite desires to abolish it.
If the monarchy survives, Leonor, Felipe’s eldest daughter, will in the future succeed her. She could be the primary Spanish queen since Isabella II, who reigned till 1868.
Valerie Hader
