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Traditional monarchists regard the Prince as a puppet of the Caudillo and prefer Juan Carlos' father, Don Juan, 61, the rightful pretender who is now in Portugal. Some liberals and radicals would rather have no monarchy at all. Only the army is solidly behind the Prince's accession-but it would abandon him if he should show signs of disturbing the status quo. Prince Juan Carlos himself, hovering last week over Franco's sickbed, remained an inscrutable figure...
There was fear that the boy might be the victim of hemophilia, the congenital blood disease that was transmitted to the Borbóns by Queen Victoria's granddaughter. But the Prince was a healthy, if lonely child. Now 6 ft. 2 in. and athletic, Juan Carlos was even spared the heavy "Hapsburg" lower lip that is characteristic of his family...
...Juan Carlos' education consisted of rigorous training in military academies and indoctrination in Franco's authoritarian philosophy. When the Caudillo officially selected him over Don Juan as the future King, his father's resentment increased the Prince's isolation. Franco has made Juan Carlos keep a low political profile. His few official functions, like cutting ribbons and dedicating projects, have been largely ceremonial. His public utterances have revealed little of his ideas about ruling Spain and his future role as King...
...State Department will certainly welcome Juan Carlos' accession, since it means a continuation of Franco's friendly policy toward America. The Prince's first act last week as temporary chief of state was to sign a joint U.S.-Spanish declaration of principles on military cooperation negotiated under Franco. It calls for "appropriate measures" for mutual defense in case of an attack on either nation...
...suffered a regression because of gastric complications," said the report from the medical center in Madrid, where Franco has been bedridden for the past two weeks. A few hours later, Franco, 81, formally handed over his powers as chief of state and head of the armed forces to Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón, 36, his chosen successor (see box). For the first time in nearly four decades Spain was not under the absolute rule of el Caudillo...