Word: caudillo
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...next morning a delegation from the Cortes drove to the Prince's palace outside Madrid to inform him officially that he would succeed Franco as Chief of State when the Caudillo, now 76, steps down or dies. Later the same day, Juan Carlos, whose new official title is Prince of Spain, drove to the Cortes for the investiture. Kneeling at Franco's left, the Prince swore his loyalty "to his Excellency the Chief of State and fidelity to the principles of the National Movement, and the fundamental laws of the Kingdom...
...years, Spain's favorite guessing game has centered on one question: Who would succeed Generalissimo Francisco Franco? Since Franco, "Caudillo of Spain by the grace of God," had pledged to restore a constitutional monarchy, the choice centered on the two surviving male members of Spain's long-deposed royal family. Would it be the Pretender, Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 56, son of Spain's last King, Alfonso XIII, who dwells in self-imposed exile in Portugal? Or would it be his son, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borb...
Only Instrument. The odds have all along been with the Prince. Franco's relations with Don Juan are cool, the Caudillo has never forgiven the Pretender for a 1945 statement that disapproved of Franco's policies. Don Juan has been considerably less critical since then, but has kept in close touch with opposition circles in Spain from his court-in-exile at the Villa Giralda in the Portuguese coastal resort of Estoril. Many Spaniards consider Don Juan a moderate, even a liberal, who as constitutional monarch would probably not. go along with many authoritarian practices of the Franco...
...Prince Juan Carlos, is considered more tractable. Franco has already carefully groomed .him: the Prince holds commissions from the three Spanish service academies, has spent considerable time studying government firsthand in Madrid ministries, lives in a palace close to Franco's, and often spends his time with the Caudillo. Moreover, the Prince is quiet and relatively withdrawn; many of his countrymen regard him with more curiosity than enthusiasm...
...grandfather, Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, 54, the pretender to the throne, interrupted a Caribbean cruise to be on hand. Also present was Sophie's mother, Queen Frederika of Greece. But the one that Spain was watching the closest of all was its own Caudillo Franco...