Juan Carlos says he made the decision to leave Spain because of 'public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating.' Spain's former king Juan Carlos has fled to a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic amid a corruption scandal, according to reports, Sky News said. He travelled by car the following morning to Porto from where he took a private jet to the Dominican Republic. Juan Carlos said that he had chosen to leave the country in a letter to his son, King Felipe, published on the Spanish royal family's website. He said that he made the decision because of "public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating".

Source: The Standard August 04, 2020 14:37 UTC