King Juan Carlos, as happened to his predecessor Felipe II, cannot fight against the elements and it has been the announcement of a storm that will hit the Galician coasts this weekend causing great instability, the ultimate reason that has forced him to suspend his next trip to Spain that was to take him, again, to Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) this weekend.
The King’s father was in the Galician town between April 19 and 23, a stay that he extended in Vitoria to attend a medical consultation. He avoided going back to attend the regattas scheduled for the weekend of May 21, in order not to cause people to talk in the middle of the 28M electoral campaign, and a few days ago, after the electoral call for July 23, he was advised to again to avoid a trip to Spain both for this coming weekend and for the second of July, dates on which his participation in the 6M class Spanish Championship regattas was scheduled. Aware that the only way to normalize his periodic visits to Spain is to carry them out, King Juan Carlos maintained his intention to continue traveling to Spain, always maintaining a profile of discretion, but finally this Monday he suspended the trip. The announcement of the storm prevented his stay in Sanxenxo, but not in other parts of Spain where he planned to travel in the coming days.
The announcement of the storm caused by the extratropical cyclone Óscar and the consequent suspension of the nautical event provides him with a perfect excuse, although the obvious fact remains unresolved, which continues to worry Zarzuela, that each trip will be the subject of controversy, while his presence in Spain registered political controversy.
The King’s father announced a few months ago his intention to travel to Spain on the occasion of the different tests that were to be held in Sanxenxo, within the Spanish Championship of the 6M class, in order to train to revalidate at the end of August on the island from Whigh (England) the title of World Champion that the sailboat Bribón, of which he is the skipper, achieved in the previous championship.
A few days ago, King Juan Carlos, accompanied by Queen SofÃa, attended the wedding celebrations of Prince Hussein and Prince Najwa of Jordan in Amman, where he was seen walking with difficulty and also sitting in a wheelchair. with which he traveled the long distances of the gardens of Zarhan’s palace. Mobility issues, however, do not detract from his desire to climb aboard the Rascal as he has been reaching out to his crewmates.
