Recent content by Duncan

It's a delicate matter, since the company that manages the ski resort of Baqueira-Beret has just enlarged and completely refurbished the King's house in Baqueira, which was given by that company to the royal family back in the seventies. According to El Mundo, a new addition of about 200m2 was...

What we know for certain is that the regional government bought a 900 kg safe to put away her divorce sentence and (allegedly, since this part wasn't confirmed) other documents concerning her past, causing a scandal because of the big expenditure. The safe was kept at the town where the divorce...

Sorry, by "important claim" I was referring to the general idea the House of the King went to great lengths to hide information and make up cover stories. At least for me this is much more important than any trivia about Letizia. Concerning the ultimatum, this is nothing new, it has been...

Snowflower, the author doesn't claim anything close to that belt thing, that was just a mocking allegation made up by another writer that was commenting on the book (see my previous post above). The most important claim by the author appears to be that Felipe knew about several potentially...

There has been some confusion here. The author of the article about the book quoted by AnaC says that he doesn't want to report exactly what events the book mentions not to disclose them again, so he makes up his own exaggerated allegations (like heroin pusher, family abuser) just to critizice...

As far as I remember, the only denials the House of the King has issued in recent times have been about Letizia wearing braces and about her being anorexic. Now they have said, apparently, that they don't know anything about the book and that the allegations aren't important enough to comment...

The author is a Catalan, yes, but not a separatist. On the contrary, he seems to be close to the far right. One of his previous books was a report about the atrocities that allegedly were committed by "republicans" against priests just before the Spanish Civil War.

Chávez and Zapatero give their respective versions about the incident (English subtitles): YouTube - Chávez, Zapatero explain "Shut Up" incident (EN subtitles)

The video of the incident with English subtitles: YouTube - Juan Carlos, Chávez: "Shut up" (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) Note that Chávez didn't shut up after being warned by the king.

The prince has to be center stage because it's him, not the queen, who is honored at this event. Nevertheless, you may have noticed that the prize winners, when crossing the stage to receive the prize, make a halt in the middle to honor the queen (some of them even slightly bow) before...

If the queen or king are from a foreign country, the penalty is less severe. For example, one can freely criticize Morocco's monarchy. It's only the king of Spain and his relatives who are covered by Article 490(3) of the Penal Code: Anyone who slanders or insults the King or any of his...

Yes, lula, I agree Mr Acebes' (PP) statement against the banning came as a surprise. I would expect his party to remain silent. Nevertheless, almost all the newspapers and electronic media from all political stances have condemned the banning. Here is a striking paragraph from an article...

Just one remark, dignity or human rights in general are not at issue here. The judge has acted under the articles of the Penal Code that refer to slander against the Crown, not under the ones that defend regular citizens' dignity. Therefore, he has taken this decision not because the dignity...

I don't think that those who like the monarchy are happy with this situation, which is more likely to do harm than good to the way monarchy is perceived in Spain. As a consequence of this banning everybody has seen the cartoon and the magazine has got free advertising. Moreover, if it is...

The artist, Guillermo, is interviewed by the readers of El Mundo Some of the questions and answers: 1. Brilliant… not only the drawing, the best thing was the text of the cartoon! Did you ever think about the repercussion of your boldness? Because you just tell the truth! I really think that...