Recent content by WreathOfLaurels

Given how much mischief and grief the Greek left has caused over the past century the caution many have toward them is not unjustified. That said, I suspect that the family may well not have wanted a state funeral - it doesn’t feel like what the late king would have wanted and sometimes it’s...

Most news websites are all running the same obit from kathermiri newspaper, which is a pretty backhanded piece that dwells on his political failures of the 1960s and the long aftermath of them. It’s deeply unfair to HLM as it misses what was the more interesting thing about Constantine; the way...

I’ve been following the reaction to season 5 on Twitter and I can confirm that those people are indeed very disappointed. PS. Am I the only one who thinks that Dominic West is a dead ringer for the late Oliver Hoare (one of Diana’s BFs)? I knew he looked like somebody, just not prince Charles -...

An historians take on the controversy surrounding season 5 https://www.historyextra.com/period/21st-century/the-crown-accuracy-opinion-royal-family-archives/

Alberto Sola, alleged son of king Juan Carlos drops dead in Girona bar aged 66 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11298695/Waiter-claimed-illegitimate-child-Spains-former-king-drops-dead-bar.html

Juan Carlos wants Selina Scott to vouch for him in his current court case against Corrina. http://https//www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11198605/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Selina-Scott-help-ex-King-Spain-legal-woes-former-mistress.html

Being a greasy hack.

Morton just can’t help himself, can he?

I think the fact JC was born in exile might be of some importance. I’m guessing that in JC’S mind, it’s bad enough that he was born in Italy but dying in exile too is a step too far. That’s the real reason he’s so desperate to get back to Spain, dying out of Spain would be the ultimate humiliation.

Spanish-Lebanese arms dealer wanted for tax fraud reported to accompany former king Juan Carlos I in Abu Dhabi Abdul Rahman El Assir, who stands accused of evading millions in taxes, is thought to be using his old friendship with the ex-monarch as a ‘shield’ given his legal problems...

Ugh, can’t they just do what the rest of us with inconvenient elderly relatives do and just put him in a home somewhere? Where is the place in Spain where all the old people live?

For what its worth, its probably most likely that all involved parties probably were shrewd enough not to leave a paper trail and got their stories straight in advance. the fact that Saudi Arabia is, well, Saudi Arabia is probably a contributing factor as well.

Article in English from The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/world/europe/switzerland-money-laundering-case-juan-carlos.html

https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-12-09/juan-carlos-lawsuit-spain-denies-foreign-ex-heads-of-state-the-immunity-emeritus-king-is-claiming-in-london.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&ssm=TW_CM_EN#Echobox=1639056493 Spanish government refuses to rule that Juan Carlos has immunity as...

Judge Matthew Nicklin calls on Spanish government to confirm if King Juan Carlos is still part of the royal family as Corinna’s suit against the former king gets underway...