Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Juan Carlos I (; born 5 January 1938) is the reigning King of Spain. On 22 November 1975, two days after General Franco's death, Juan Carlos was designated King according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
Read More at Wikipedia ›A northeastern town has declared the king of Spain an unwelcome person, dealing another blow to the 74-year-old monarch who has faced scalding criticism for going on an elephant hunting trip during a deep financial crisis.
The town council of Berga — population 17,160 — approved a motion declaring King Juan Carlos "persona non grata," or not welcome.The censure was proposed by the pro-independence Popular Unity Candidature party and published, following its approval, on the town's website Saturday. Berga is located 108 kilometers (67 miles) north of Catalonia's regional capital, Barcelona.The king faced condemnation after breaking a hip while on a lavish safari in Botswana at a time when nearly one in four Spaniards were unemployed....In one fell swoop, King Juan Carlos of Spain has managed to unite right and left, young and old, those with jobs and those without in universal outrage over his tone...
Spain's king issued a rare apology Wednesday, saying it was clearly "a mistake" to have gone on an African elephant-hunting trip during his country's severe economic...
Spain's royal palace says the king's 13-year-old grandson has shot himself in the foot accidentally with a shotgun.A palace official said Tuesday the child, Felipe J...
In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, Spain's king apologized Wednesday for having gone elephant-hunting in Africa while everyday people endure a severe econo...
Spain's 74-year-old king came under scathing criticism Sunday for going on an expensive elephant hunting trip in Botswana amid the nation's deep financial woes.Makin...
Pope Benedict XVI denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality that he says is behind Europe's current economic crisis as he arrived in hard-hit Spain on Thursday, and...
When the pope arrives in Spain this week, it's not just sweltering heat he'll be stepping into. The economy's in a shambles. Jobless youths are filled with rage and ...
Pope Benedict XVI denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality that he says is behind Europe's current economic crisis as he arrived in hard-hit Spain on Thursday, and...
When the pope arrives in Spain on Thursday it's not just sweltering heat he'll be stepping into. The economy's in a shambles. Jobless youths are filled with rage and...
More than a million young people who camped out at a Spanish air base for Pope Benedict XVI's final Mass at the church's youth festival awoke to sunny skies Sunday, ...
It is hard to think of a Mexican Everyman without turning to Cantinflas, the tattered, droopy-pants character created by comic Mario Moreno in the "tent theaters" of...
Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and fifth- 0 lead against Argentina in their best-of-five 2011 Davis Cup final.The match of the day saw the gritty 5-foot-8 Ferrer ou...
Spain's King Juan Carlos says he is sorry for having gone on African elephant-hunting trip.
Spain's king left a Madrid hospital Friday after undergoing a second operation to fix a hip he broke two weeks ago during a much-criticized elephant hunting trip to ...
A lawyer for the king of Spain's son-in-law denied media reports that he is negotiating a plea bargain for his client with prosecutors over a corruption case that is...
Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunti...
MADRID (AP) — King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent lung surgery to remove a small benign growth, doctors said Saturday.The 72-year-old monarch had a two-...
MADRID (AP) — Doctors say Spain's King Juan Carlos is recovering well from surgery during which a benign tumor was removed from his right lung.Hospital Clinic in Bar...
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha had lunch with Spain's king and queen on Sunday at the royal family's holiday retre...
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