Ex-King of Spain Juan Carlos attended the work alongside his son, King Felipe VI and woman Queen Letizia, marking the the archetypal clip the erstwhile king has appeared alongside them since 2020.
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Juan Carlos is paying his respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
The exiled ex-King of Spain, 84, attended the monarch's ceremonial Sept. 19 alongside his son, reigning monarch King Felipe VI, and Felipe's woman Queen Letizia. The outing marked the archetypal clip Juan Carlos has been seen successful nationalist alongside his household since his self-imposed exile began 2 years ago. Privately, helium reunited with them successful May of this year.
After astir 40 years successful power, Juan Carlos stepped down from the monarchy successful 2014 aft a bid of scandals—including a corruption probe involving his girl Princess Cristina's husband Iñaki Urdangarín and a arguable elephant hunting trip he took during Spain's fiscal crisis. In 2020, helium near the state for Abu Dhabi when helium was accused of having improper ties to concern deals successful Saudi Arabia, though each 3 charges against him person since been dropped owed to deficiency of evidence.
Though King Filipe and Queen Letizia were determination to correspond Spain, Juan Carlos received a backstage invitation as helium and Queen Elizabeth are related, some being the great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Other members of European royal families, including royals from Denmark, Belgium and Monaco, besides attended the Westminster Abbey service (you tin ticker unrecorded here).
Members of the royal household including King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince William, Kate Middleton were besides connected manus to accidental goodbye to the precocious monarch, who will be laid to remainder astatine St. George's Chapel astatine Windsor Castle. Her father, King George VI, her mother, Queen Elizabeth, and her husband, Prince Philip, are already buried determination on with the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret.
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