Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned on Tuesday that a referendum on the future of the monarchy, demanded by anti-royalists after King Juan Carlos announced his abdication, would require a change to the constitution.
Spain will have a new king in three to six weeks, Spanish media are reporting. Here The Local outlines the process that will turn Crown Prince Felipe into King Felipe VI.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Spain on Monday evening calling for a referendum on the future of the country's monarchy in the wake of the abdication of King Juan Carlos.
The Local takes a look at some of the most interesting photos of the Spanish monarch's life, from his early years as a young prince in exile to his role as figurehead for Spain across the world.
King Juan Carlos, who abdicated on Monday aged 76, led Spain to democracy after decades of dictatorship and foiled a military coup, winning widespread respect that later crumbled away in the face of royal scandals.
King Juan Carlos is set to abdicate, with his son Crown Prince Felipe poised to assume the throne, Spain's Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy announced on Monday morning. Follow us here for live updates throughout the day.
Spain's royal family launched their new Twitter account on Tuesday and are already asking users to be "correct" and "well-mannered" when leaving comments.
Spain's Central Electoral Commission has banned an animal rights party's campaign video which featured a photograph of King Juan Carlos during an elephant hunt.
Spain's King Juan Carlos saw his return home from the Middle East on Wednesday delayed after the military plane he was travelling on experienced engine problems, the fifth such incident in recent months.
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Madrid on Monday to protest against Spain's scandal-tainted monarchy and demand the return of a democratically elected head of state.
Pro-Republican demonstrators will take to the streets of Spain on Monday calling for end to Spain's monarchy on the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the last Spanish Republic.
Spain's King Juan Carlos presided over a military parade wearing crutches on Monday, his first appearance in public outside his home since undergoing hip replacement surgery in November.
King Juan Carlos told the UK he "didn't really want" The Rock back as it would prompt Morocco to claim Ceuta and Melilla as theirs, new documents released by the UK Government on Friday show.
King Juan Carlos allegedly spent €2 million ($2.75m) of National Heritage money in 2007 on a hunting pavilion in which to exhibit his 'trophies' and weapons, a TV report claims.
Spain's King Juan Carlos left hospital on Monday, four days after surgeons replaced his left hip in the latest of a series of operations that have left him looking frail.
Surgeons replaced Spain's King Juan Carlos's left hip for the third time on Thursday, the latest in a string of operations that have raised questions about the future of his reign.
Spain's public prosecutor on Thursday said he was against indicting King Juan Carlos' youngest daughter, Princess Cristina, in a graft probe that has plunged the royal family into crisis, citing lack of evidence.
Spain's ruling party has defended the government's budget for the country's royal family, saying the royal house costs each Spaniard a low 17 Euro cents (23 cents US) a year.
Spain's 75-year-old King Juan Carlos will undergo hip surgery later this month, the royal place said Monday, the latest of a string of operations that have raised questions over his reign.
Crown Prince Felipe presided for the first time over Spain's national day celebrations on Saturday, while King Juan Carlos recovers from a hip operation.
In the wake of King Juan Carlos' latest hip operation and news he will need more surgery in two months, we asked people in Madrid whether it was now time for the Spanish Head of State to hand over the reins to his son Felipe.
Surgeons gave Spain's 75-year-old King Juan Carlos a temporary hip replacement on Tuesday but said he requires more surgery for a long-term fix, likely giving fuel to speculation of a history-making abdication.
A nude man pranced before Spain's Queen Sofia on Tuesday protesting "secret CIA crimes" just as she was entering a Madrid's hospital where King Juan Carlos was about to undergo hip surgery.
