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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
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Kristin Contino

The Former King of Spain Addresses Princess Diana Affair Rumor—And Calls the Late Royal "Cold" and "Taciturn" in His New Memoir

Princess Diana and King Juan Carlos facing each other smiling.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is setting the record straight when it comes to his relationship with Princess Diana. The 87-year-old former king of Spain—whose son, King Felipe, is the country's current monarch—wrote a new memoir titled Reconciliation, which will be published in France next week. In the tell-all book, the self-exiled former monarch denies having an affair with Princess Diana, claiming that the late royal was the opposite of a lover in his mind.

"Cold, taciturn, distant, except in the presence of the paparazzi," is how the former king—and known womanizer—described Diana in the book, per the Telegraph.

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