Less than 48 hours before it goes on sale in Spain reconciliation, In his book of memories, the King Emeritus recorded a video addressed to “young Spaniards” asking them to support King Felipe VI in his “hard work” to “unite all Spaniards.” In his message, which lasts just a minute and a half and in which he claims his role in the transition period, Juan Carlos I is shown sitting in front of the waving Spanish flag that occupies the entire background of the video, which he previewed. the goal. Sources from Lazarzuela indicate that they were not aware of the video recording, and stress that it was “neither necessary nor appropriate,” and they were not informed of its publication either. Belén Dominguez Cibrian reports.
“I want to leave a short message to young Spaniards, especially to all of you who do not know the history of Spain,” Al-Fakhri begins by saying. He adds: “I want you to know that your parents, your grandparents and many Spaniards together were able to create an ideal transformation: to bring about a change in this country in very complex circumstances in which we all had to make efforts and take risks.”
“Thanks to the generosity and efforts of everyone we have made this country what it is today,” says Juan Carlos I, who says he wrote his book of memoirs, published a month ago in France and which will go on sale Wednesday in Spain, with the idea that the younger’s parents “can remember historical moments” and that those who did not live through his reign can “know the modern history” of Spain “without interesting distortions” and “narrated by someone who lived the transition with his own personality.”
In his letter, Juan Carlos I refers to the fact that “the monarchy played an essential role in this whole transformation,” says Al-Fakhri, before adding his “institutional position and connections” through which he was able to “connect Spain with the rest of the world.”
Al-Fakhri concluded his message by saying: “I ask you to support my son, King Felipe, in this hard work to unite all Spaniards, and for Spain to continue to play this important role in the world.”