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Last Friday, Juan Carlos agreed to pose for TIME Photographer Eddie Adams at Zarzuela Palace, his official residence north of Madrid. The lines under his eyes reflected the strain of last week's uncertainties, but the atmosphere at Zarzuela was relaxed and, as palaces go, even homey. There was little sense of urgent state business at hand. Observed TIME's Madrid bureau chief, Gavin Scott: "Juan Carlos gave the impression that he had been cast in a role and he was ready to fill it out of a sense of patriotism. But there was nothing to suggest...
...Prince lives at state expense in the 20-room Zarzuela Palace, northwest of Madrid, with his wife, Princess Sofia of Greece, and their three children, Elena, 10, Cristina, 9, and Felipe, 6. He regularly receives important officials in Franco's regime at the palace and sometimes members of the "loyal opposition" and moderate liberals. Visitors report that he is better informed and more intelligent than his reputation suggests. His public image reflects the traditional sporting interests of a princeling. He is often photographed wearing his black karate belt or sailing his Dragon-class La Fortuna; he represented Spain...
...Franco dies or retires, the new governmental setup offers a small additional degree of political authority. For the first time, he has the ceremonial right to approve new Cabinet members: Carrero Blanco's first act, after taking his oath of office, was to call on Juan Carlos at Zarzuela Palace and submit the list of new ministers. Predictably, there were no princely objections. The prince may now attend Cabinet meetings, another new prerogative. (In the past, he was briefed on discussions.) Most Spaniards who want change pin their hopes on the prince, whom they regard as being more liberal...
...suburb, his rambling, fieldstone mansion, Quinta 17 de Octubre (from the date of his accession to power in Argentina), is tastefully furnished in Spanish style, surrounded by broad lawns, thick shrubbery and 12-ft.-high burglarproof fences. General Franco's El Pardo Palace and Prince Juan Carlos' Zarzuela Palace are not far away. Perón is reported to be a millionaire, with large sums stashed away in numbered Swiss bank accounts. His principal "business" in Madrid was receiving an almost endless stream of Argentine labor leaders, Peronist politicos and military men. They transmitted his demands and conditions...
Even today, the Prince's life is built around his preparations for kingship. The government pays his living expenses, estimated at $43,000 a year, and provides him the elegant 20-room Zarzuela Palace. There he lives with his wife, Princess Sophia of Greece, whom he married in 1962, and-their children, Elena, 5, Cristina, 4, and Felipe...