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Franco insists that selection of Juan Carlos, whose ancestors ruled Spain for 231 years before his grandfather fled the throne in 1931, does not represent a restoration of the old dynasty. On the contrary, he argues, Juan Carlos represents the start of a new dynasty that owes nothing to the past. From a legal standpoint, Franco's ploy blocks the claims of Juan Carlos' father Don Juan, (who now lives in Portugal) and those of other pretenders to the throne, since Franco has not restored the old line but started a new one, whose first-born sons will...
Father's Title. Until this year, Juan Carlos vowed that the throne belonged to his father. "I will never be King as long as my father is alive," he pledged repeatedly. Why did he change his mind? Ambition? His friends doubt it. More likely, Juan Carlos became convinced that only Franco could put a King back on Spain's throne; the Prince feared that after Franco's death antimonarchists in the government would block any such move. Since he knew that his father would never make a deal with Franco, who is in only moderately good health...
...last week, when Prince Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbón y Borbón was chosen to ascend the long-vacant Spanish throne-some day-there was no dancing in the streets of Madrid or other outbursts of public joy. The reasons for such restraint are largely beyond Juan Carlos' control and relate to Spain's strained domestic political scene, but it is nonetheless true that the Prince so far has failed to either excite a feeling of loyalty among his future subjects or emerge as a convincing, sympathetic human being. Asked by reporters what qualities...
...uninspiring image is especially ironic because the Prince has been groomed since childhood for the throne. Born in Roman exile during the Spanish Civil War, Juan Carlos first went to Spain in 1948 because of an agreement made between his father, Don Juan, and Franco that called for the young Prince to be educated in Spain. Under Franco's personal supervision, Juan Carlos underwent intensive schooling in military and political arts. He holds the ranks of captain in the army and air force and the equivalent grade of full lieutenant in the navy. He is a jet-fighter...
...this hemorrhage of priests. The part-time priest, married or not, could be a first step. The world is evolving and the church must evolve with it." Such suggestions infuriate the Curia, where Suenens is considered a Judas. Once many of his peers considered him a candidate for the throne of Peter. Now it is generally agreed that he has no chance of ever becoming Pope...