In 1969, he was invested as crown prince and the designated successor to Franco. On November 22, 1975 – two days after Franco’s death – Juan Carlos was crowned king of Spain, restoring the ...

Image: Associated Press MADRID—King Juan Carlos ... educated prince, who will become head of state as King Felipe VI, faces the challenge of restoring the monarchy's prestige as Spain grapples ...

King Juan Carlos affectionately pinched the cheek of his granddaughter, Crown Princess Leonor, before waving to the crowds. Spain’s new King Felipe VI was sworn in on Thursday morning in a ...

King Juan Carlos I is stepping down from the ... Felipe remains a very popular figure in Spain. Two-thirds of Spaniards see the Prince in a favorable light, according to a survey by El Mundo ...

MADRID — Spain’s King Juan Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Crown Prince Felipe, to take over, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told the country Monday in an ...

Since Spain’s constitution pledges ... at last convinced that Don Juan could never become King, Juan Carlos began staking out his own claim. The prince still has no assurance, of course, that ...

When Spain’s lean, ingratiating Prince Juan Carlos, 22, visited the U.S. in 1958, every political pundit and social gossipist hailed him as the man aging Dictator Franco had picked to some day ...

Juan Carlos joined his son, Spain's current King Felipe VI ... Diana when she was just 25 during a holiday she and the then-Prince Charles spent in Majorca in 1986. Spanish royal expert Pilar ...

a German prince) was organizing shooting expeditions for wealthy clients of the British gunmaker Boss & Co. when an aristocratic friend introduced her to Juan Carlos at a hunt in Spain in 2004.

October 31, 1975: Prince Juan Carlos of Spain plays with his seven-year-old son Felipe in the gardens of Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. Juan Carlos became king less than a month later, following the ...