Spain’s Former King Leaving Country Amid Financial Scandal

LISBON—Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal, according to a letter published on the royal family’s website Monday.

Spain's former King Juan Carlos waves at the bullring in Aranjuez, Spain, on June 2, 2019. Andrea Comas/AP Photo

LISBON—Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal, according to a letter published on the royal family’s website Monday.

The letter from Juan Carlos to his son, King Felipe VI, said: “I am informing you of my considered decision to move, during this period, out of Spain.”