Hints and rumours of Juan Carlos's flamboyant lifestyle, alleged extramarital affairs and links to corrupt deal-making were frequent during his reign. But Spain's mainstream media and political ...

King Juan Carlos of Spain sits with the small Prince William ... has long insisted that the Princess and the king embarked on an affair while on a cruise with their spouses in August 1986, and that ...

is trying to distance himself from his father's affairs. Juan Carlos ascended the throne in 1975 on the death of General Francisco Franco, the right-wing dictator who ruled Spain for 36 years ...