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Whether that happens depends largely on the blond, handsome storybook princeling who at week's end became Spain's first King since his grandfather, Alfonso XIII, was deposed in 1931. The ceremony was brief but emotional; the traditional crown and scepter were present on a table in Madrid's packed Cortes, but Juan Carlos was not formally crowned. Dressed in the uniform of a captain-general of the Spanish army−a title held only by Franco and six other men in the country's history−Juan Carlos placed his hand on a Bible...
...Franco's heir designate, to become his country's temporary Chief of State. Only after Franco's death or a complicated legal process declaring his incompetence would Juan Carlos be named King, Spain's first monarch since the abdication of his grandfather, Alfonso XIII...
...monarchy; later he decreed that within eight days of his death his power would devolve upon Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón, 37 (see box page 26), who as King of Spain will ascend the throne vacated 44 years ago by his grandfather, Alfonso XIII. Yet few observers expect the inexperienced, untested Prince to be able to control the political forces that will certainly be unleashed by Franco's departure...
...took the bluest of Europe's royal blood to produce Prince Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbón y Borbón. Tall (6 ft. 2 in.), curly-haired and athletically handsome, Juan Carlos is the grandson of Spain's last ruling King, Alfonso XIII, as well as a great-great-grandson of Britain's Queen Victoria and a direct descendant of France's Bourbon monarchs. Despite his lineage, however, the Prince is less the product of royalty than the creation of a commoner. Under the close surveillance and tutelage of Franco since...
Died. Don Jaime Borbón y Battenberg, 66, pretender to the Spanish throne; following a stroke; in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Son of Spain's last monarch, the syphilitic Alfonso XIII, Don Jaime was born a deaf-mute. He eventually learned to speak four languages, led a sybaritic life, mostly in Italy, after his father was forced to abdicate in 1931. Don Jamie renounced his claim to the Spanish throne in 1934, but began having second thoughts in the '50s as aging Caudillo Francisco Franco vacillated between Borbón claimants who he hoped would restore the monarchy...