MADRID, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Juan Carlos, the former king of Spain who went into exile in the face of corruption allegations earlier this month, is in the United Arab Emirates, the royal palace said.
The 82-year-old “travelled to the United Arab Emirates on August 3 and he remains there,” a spokesman for the royal palace said without giving further details.
In a surprise move, Juan Carlos announced on Aug 3 that he was leaving Spain to prevent his personal affairs from undermining his son King Felipe VI’s reign, but did not say where he would be going.
In June, Spain’s Supreme Court opened a preliminary investigation into Juan Carlos’ involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia, after Switzerland’s La Tribune de Geneve newspaper reported he had received $100 million from the late Saudi king. Switzerland has also opened an investigation.
The former monarch is not formally under investigation and has repeatedly declined to comment on the allegations. — NNN-AGENCIES
