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King Juan Carlos

'Give us back the King's luxury yacht'
yacht

'Give us back the King's luxury yacht'

A Spanish business group has demanded that the country's King Juan Carlos return a 21-million-euro ($27-million) yacht they gave him after he asked the government to take it off his hands as his subjects weather a biting recession.
King faces 'inheritance dodging' claims
Inheritance

King faces 'inheritance dodging' claims

Spain's main opposition socialist party said on Tuesday it would ask the government if King Juan Carlos has his taxes in order after a newspaper reported he got an inheritance worth over two million euros following the death of his father.
Should King Juan Carlos abdicate?
Royal family

Should King Juan Carlos abdicate?

In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI's dramatic decision to abdicate and Queen Beatrix of Holland's decision in late January to bow out of public life, The Local asks whether now might be the right moment for Spain's King Juan Carlos to take his own curtain call.