Overview
- The former king is scheduled to arrive in Vitoria for medical appointments before traveling to Lisbon and potentially Galicia, maintaining public activity during the book’s launch period.
- Advance French coverage quotes him calling the $100 million from Saudi Arabia a gift he failed to refuse and a grave error, with excerpts published by Le Figaro and Le Monde and an interview in Paris Match.
- He describes Francisco Franco as the person who made him king to create a more open regime, a stance he shares in French media ahead of publication.
- On the 23‑F coup attempt he contends there were three coups and accuses General Alfonso Armada of betrayal for claiming to act in his name.
- La Zarzuela has told Spanish outlets it will not comment on the interviews or the book, which is co‑written with Laurence Debray and releases in France on November 5 and in Spain in early December.