Spanish Supreme Court prosecutors have opened a third corruption investigation involving former monarch Juan Carlos I of Spain, officials said Friday. Left Spain amid probesThe former king was already the target of official investigations in Spain and Switzerland for possible financial wrongdoing. Juan Carlos wrote in a published letter to his son, King Felipe VI, that he was moving abroad due to the "public repercussions of certain episodes of my past private life." Juan Carlos played a key role in Spain's transition to democratic rule in the 1970s, when he replaced Gen. Francisco Franco as the country's head of state. In 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated and his son ascended to the throne.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 12:22 UTC