Overview
- Felipe VI has convened a family-only meal at the Palacio de El Pardo linked to the monarchy’s 50th-anniversary observance.
- The former king will arrive on Saturday by private jet from a European city and leave the same day without spending the night in Spain.
- Casa Real expects strict discretion for the gathering, with no images anticipated from the event.
- Juan Carlos will not attend Friday’s institutional events at the Royal Palace and the Congress of Deputies marking the anniversary.
- The visit comes weeks after the French release of his memoir, Reconciliación, which has strained family relations, and EL PAÍS reports it would be his first meeting in more than two years with the full Royal Family.