The Royal Household is looking into claims that King Juan Carlos may owe taxes from the money his father left him, El Mundo and other news outlets are reporting.
Opposition parties are asking for information about three Swiss bank accounts that news accounts say belonged to Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, the Count of Barcelona.
He is said to have left his son about 375 million Spanish pesetas, the currency before the Euro.
King Juan Carlos’ father, the Count of Barcelona, resigns any claims to the throne, allowing his son to follow Gen. Franco as Head of State. The King’s mother Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in yellow.
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Don Juan died on April 1st 20 years ago. Members of the Royal Family will soon gather to honor his memory.
In the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth decided in the early 1990’s to voluntarily pay taxes.
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