Overview
- The 500‑plus‑page memoir, co‑written with French biographer Laurence Debray, went on sale in France on November 5 and is slated for release in Spain in December.
- Juan Carlos vows to do everything to keep King Felipe VI at the head of the institution and voices full confidence in Princess Leonor’s future succession.
- He acknowledges the Crown’s vulnerability and writes that democracy is a delicate good that must be protected.
- He calls his relationship with businesswoman Corinna Larsen and the 2012 Botswana trip a mistake with catastrophic consequences for his reign and family.
- He says his 2014 abdication was a considered, irrevocable decision, and notes his continued exile on Abu Dhabi’s Nurai Island and phone‑only contact with Queen Sofía, who remains active in Spain.