Arbos saw the former king's absence from Spain posing no problem for prosecutors. Juan Carlos assumed the throne in November 1975 as King Juan Carlos I, and is credited with helping Spain peacefully restore democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco that year. "There is no reason at all to keep supporting a monarchy which doesn't possess minimum ethical standards," the party said in a statement late Monday. Były król Hiszpanii Juan Carlos Burbon w liście do syna, obecnego króla Filipa VI, poinformował, że zamierza opuścić ojczyznę. "I think it is really bad that we let him go," insurance worker Sara Fernandez, 38, said. Daily newspaper ABC reported Tuesday that Juan Carlos left Spain on Sunday and flew via Porto, in neighbouring Portugal, to the Dominican Republic. A check-in on the public mood of Canadians with hosts Michael Stittle and Nik Nanos.

Spanish prosecutors have asked her to provide testimony in the case in September via videolink from London. But marred by scandals in the later years of his reign, Juan Carlos in 2014 abdicated in favour of his son Felipe, losing the immunity from prosecution the Spanish Constitution grants to the head of state.

Juan Carlos’s grandfather, King Alfonso XIII, was chased from the throne amid popular ire, in 1931, and the monarchy was restored only thanks to Franco. His bombshell announcement took most Spaniards by surprise. In a letter published on the royal family's website on Monday, Juan Carlos told his son King Felipe VI he was moving outside Spain due to the "public repercussions of certain episodes of my past private life." Listen and subscribe to get a weekly update with the newsmakers who matter. Speculation over the whereabouts and future of former monarch Juan Carlos gripped Spain on Tuesday, a day after the man who served as king for almost four decades announced he was leaving the country for an unspecified destination amid a growing financial scandal. Since then, Spanish media outlets have published damaging testimony from a separate Swiss investigation into millions of euros (dollars) that were allegedly given to Juan Carlos by Saudi Arabia's late King Abdullah. Published Monday, August 3, 2020 12:40PM EDT FILE -- Spain's King Juan Carlos announces his abdication on television in the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Monday June 2, 2014. The royal household appears to be trying to free Felipe from having close to him an uncomfortable figure who might tarnish the crown's prestige, University of Barcelona constitutional law professor Xavier Arbos said. But the Socialist party, which leads the government under Sanchez, has given no sign of pursuing that path and declared its support for Felipe. "We are judging him without any evidence, so when there is a sentence we will see if he has done right or wrong," she said. But Juan Carlos’s successor—his forty-six-year-old son—is generally tolerated, if unexciting, and his wife, Letizia, is wildly popular. The news that the junket, complete with private jet, had been subsidized by a Syrian-born Saudi businessman was also unpleasant. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Tuesday he had no information on Juan Carlos' whereabouts. Traditionally, Spain’s royals are either loved or hated. Juan Carlos allegedly then transferred a large amount to a former companion in what investigators are considering as a possible attempt to hide the money from authorities. Then it emerged that the King had been on the trip with a woman who was not Queen Sofia, and the Spanish press reported that the woman, a German aristocrat, was his mistress.

The scandals swirling around Juan Carlos have provided ammunition for those wanting to abolish the monarchy.