Canarian Weekly
20-03-2015, 12:30
A SECOND paternity suit brought against former King Juan Carlos has been thrown out by Spain’s Supreme Court.
The decision, backed seven judges to three, accepted the monarch’s argument that the claim had no basis.
Juan Carlos, 77, lodged an appeal after the court in January agreed to consider a claim by a Belgian woman, Ingrid Sariau, that her mother had a relationship with Juan Carlos lasting into 1966, when she was born.
Juan Carlos married former Queen Sofia in 1962 and became king in 1975, two days after the death of long-time dictator General Francisco Franco.
He was immune from lawsuits while king, but lost the privilege on abdicating last June in favour of his son, Felipe.
For decades, Juan Carlos was held in high esteem for steering Spain from military dictatorship to democracy.
But his reputation slumped after he took a secret elephant-hunting trip to Botswana in 2012 while honorary president of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He later apologised for the trip, but it was too late for him to save face
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The decision, backed seven judges to three, accepted the monarch’s argument that the claim had no basis.
Juan Carlos, 77, lodged an appeal after the court in January agreed to consider a claim by a Belgian woman, Ingrid Sariau, that her mother had a relationship with Juan Carlos lasting into 1966, when she was born.
Juan Carlos married former Queen Sofia in 1962 and became king in 1975, two days after the death of long-time dictator General Francisco Franco.
He was immune from lawsuits while king, but lost the privilege on abdicating last June in favour of his son, Felipe.
For decades, Juan Carlos was held in high esteem for steering Spain from military dictatorship to democracy.
But his reputation slumped after he took a secret elephant-hunting trip to Botswana in 2012 while honorary president of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He later apologised for the trip, but it was too late for him to save face
More... (http://www.canarianweekly.com/ex-king-juans-court-success/)