- Title: A view of fomer King Juan Carlos's childhood home in Portugal
- Date: 4th August 2020
- Summary: ESTORIL, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 4, 2020) (REUTERS) VILA GIRALDA WHERE FORMER KING JUAN CARLOS LIVED FOR A WHILE DURING HIS CHILDHOOD "VILA GIRALDA" ON THE WALL VARIOUS OF VILA GIRALDA CASCAIS, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 4, 2020) (REUTERS) VIEW OF CASCAIS BAY BOATS ON WATER / HOUSES ON BACKGROUND SEAGULLS ON BEACH / PEOPLE ON BEACH SEAGULLS VIEW OF BEACH VIEW OF CASCAIS BAY PEOPLE EXERCISING ON BEACH CASCAIS BAY / BOATS ON SEA VARIOUS OF BOATS ON SEA
- Embargoed: 18th August 2020 10:17
- Keywords: Cascais Estoril Juan Carlos King Juan Carlos Portugal Spain former king
- Location: ESTORIL & CASCAIS, PORTUGAL
- City: ESTORIL & CASCAIS, PORTUGAL
- Country: Portugal
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Royals
- Reuters ID: LVA001CPU3TXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Spain's former king Juan Carlos has gone to the Dominican Republic after leaving his home country under a cloud of scandal, La Vanguardia and ABC newspapers reported on Tuesday (August 4), without citing sources.
Amid wide speculations over where he could have gone, Portuguese TV channel TVI24 and the Correio da Manha tabloid had said on Monday Juan Carlos was in Cascais, a resort area near Lisbon, where he spent part of his childhood. They did not cite any sources.
Pressure had been building on the once-popular, now divisive, former king as Spanish and Swiss prosecutors investigated allegations of bribes over a high-speed rail contract.
He decided to leave the country to allow his son Felipe to rule untroubled, a palace statement said on Monday, without saying where he had gone.
La Vanguardia said the 82 year-old went to Portugal by car on Monday morning and flew from there to the Dominican Republic, where he plans to stay for a few weeks with a family who made their wealth in sugar plantations, before looking for a new destination.
Early reactions to Juan Carlos' departure have shown Spain to be divided over whether the 82-year-old, who was a prominent figure in the transition to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, should have stayed to face justice.
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