Spain's Former King Juan Carlos Flees The Country Over $100m Corruption Scandal



Daily Mail: Spain's former King Juan Carlos, 82, flees the country into 'forced exile' as $100m corruption scandal surrounding him threatens to undermine the Monarchy

* Spain's former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, says he is leaving Spain
* It comes after corruption allegations about him had surfaced in recent weeks
* Spain's PM recently said he found developments about Juan Carlos 'disturbing'

Spain's former monarch, King Juan Carlos I, has announced he is leaving Spain to live in another country amid a financial scandal.

Former king Juan Carlos told his son, King Felipe, that he decided to leave Spain, the royal house said in a statement on Monday.

On Monday night it emerged the former King of Spain had already left the country.

Well-placed sources close to the Spanish Royal Household confirmed he was no longer in Spain.

It comes on the back of a series of scandals involving the long-serving monarch, who abdicated in June 2014 after four decades on the throne.

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