O23, Franco or Sofia, among others, have been mentioned by Juan Carlos I in his memoir of his life
The emeritus king of Spain has written from Abu Dhabi the book "Reconciliación", in which he reviews his life, shadows and legacy. At 87 years old, he claims his role in the Transition, regrets his estrangement from Philip VI and confesses "mistakes", "loneliness" and "pain".
At the age of 87 and since his exile in Abu Dhabi, Juan Carlos I has broken a long public silence with oracles called "Réconciliation", memoirs written in first person and reviewing his life.
The emeritus King of Spain has vindicated his role in the Transition, confronted his shadows and offered a personal reading of the events that marked his reign, from February 23 until his departure from Philip VI. The publication of his memoirs has aroused great curiosity.
"The Crown of Spain is entirely upon me."
"Don't forget that you inherit a political system created by me."
"You may exclude me personally, but you cannot give up the institutional inheritance upon you," he wrote to his son, Philip VI.
Since the retreat of Abu Dhabi, the emeritus king proclaims that the parliamentary monarchy is "entirely upon me."
He says he was "robbed of his story," and he writes his memoirs to retrieve it.
Relationship with your son.
"As long as I live, I hope to have a quiet retreat, to have a harmonious relationship with my son and to return to Spain, to my house."
Juan Carlos I admits that his departure from Philip VI is due to "pressure from the government" and regrets that he has not been able to "weave privileged relations" with his grandchildren, Leonor and Sofia.
About Letizia: "Entering the royal family didn't help cohesion."
Sofia, her queen, despite her disgust.
"Nothing can ever erase my deep feelings for my wife Sofi, my queen."
"Spain could not have had a queen more devoted and reprehensible."
He recognizes "sentimental deviations," but claims that most stories about his relationships are fictional.
She regrets not having been to Sofia Abu Dhabi and says:
"I did all I could, despite my clumsiness, for his well-being and comfort."
Franco: "If I could have been king it was because of him."
"He respected her terribly, admired her intelligence and her political sense."
"No one managed to tear it down or destabilize it, and that, in such a long time, has merit."
"Why lie, if he was the person who made me king, and made me king to create a more open regime?"
O23: "I have never shown so much authority in my life"
"The history of Spain was played at that very moment."
The emeritus remembers the 23F blow as his most decisive night.
"I spoke calmly because I knew the fate of the Crown and the country was at stake."
"That long night there were three attempts at coup: that of Tejero and Milans, that of the Army and that of the Falangists."
ETA: "The toughest and most painful battle"
"I knew we'd finally be stronger than them."
"It was the hardest and most painful of my reign."
He remembers the victims as "a personal wound that is still difficult to heal."
About 11M, "I've rarely cried so much. It was a national and personal trauma."
"Why don't you shut up?": a slogan he didn't want.
"Even though I didn't want to," Why don't you shut up? "" It became a slogan of political resistance. "
"Chavez drove me mad, Zapatero pulled my jacket so he wouldn't intervene."
Then he said, laughing, that on a visit to Palma he gave Chavez the shirt with the phrase.
Juan Carlos I.ak Hugo Chavezekin 2007an izandako liskarra gogoratu du:
Chavez exasperated me.
Transition: "I promised democracy to the Spaniards and fulfilled it"
"In front of the Washington Capitol, I clearly promised the Spanish democracies."
"I felt pride and strength in making that promise, because I knew I could keep it."
He describes the Transition as "I controlled the galloping horse so that neither left nor right could go too far."
Drama: "I will never recover from the death of my brother Alfonso"
"I miss him. I lost a friend, a confidant."
"It's still hard to talk about."
He remembers the 1956 accident, when a gun accidentally shot and killed his brother, "He died in my father's arms."
Spain will decide, history will judge us.
"I am a man who gave himself entirely to his people."
"I hope to be buried with honor, Spain will decide, history will judge us."
He closes his memories by invoking the spirit of the Transition and calling for reconciliation.
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