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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Ex-king to visit Spain 'periodically,' but will live abroad

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King Felipe VI is accepting his father’s desire to return to Spain for periodical visits, although Juan Carlos I will remain based in the United Arab Emirates where he moved in 2020 following probes into his financial dealings, royal officials said Monday.

Juan Carlos wrote a letter to Felipe expressing his desire “to visit family and friends” in Spain after Supreme Court prosecutors closed the investigations, according to a statement on the royal website that contained the letter from the former king.

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