Overview
- The 512-page Reconciliación, written with Laurence Debray, goes on sale in France today, with a Spanish edition scheduled for December 3.
- He acknowledges extramarital "desvíos sentimentales," labels most alleged affairs as fictitious, and praises Queen Sofía while denying rumored liaisons.
- He calls his relationship with Corinna Larsen "the weakness of a man," saying it harmed his reign and family life and influenced his decision to leave Spain.
- He accepts the Saudi $100 million as a "grave error" and ties his 2020 move to Abu Dhabi to media and government pressure after Swiss account revelations, saying he left to avoid burdening the Crown.
- He recounts a rupture with Felipe VI after the king renounced his inheritance and cut his stipend, criticizes Letizia’s impact on family cohesion, and claims he helped grandson Froilán adopt a steadier life while in Abu Dhabi.