The Spanish royal household has been pressured to disclaim that scandal-hit former king Juan Carlos is ‘critically unwell’ after rumours started circulating within the nation’s media. 

Pilar Eyre, thought to be a number one knowledgeable on the Spanish royal household, sparked concern on Monday when she tweeted that the 83-year-old ‘is in a severe situation and the Royal Family is contemplating the potential for transferring him to Spain’.

The rumours had been shortly downplayed by the royal family which insisted Juan Carlos is in good well being, with Hola! journal carrying a quote from the king which stated: ‘I am good. I do two hours health club day by day and I really feel tremendous.’

The rumours started after latest pictures of the monarch – who abdicated the throne in 2014 after which fled to Abu Dhabi final yr amid a tax investigation – have proven him trying frail.

One image, taken in December final yr, reveals the King Emeritus in his Center Japanese bolt-hole being supported by two bodyguards whereas strolling in a marina.

It was the primary photograph to emerge of Juan Carlos since he was pictured arriving in Abu Dhabi initially of August final yr.

The monarch left Spain after Swiss prosecutors opened an investigation into financial institution accounts he allegedly held in tax havens. 

He checked right into a £10,000-a-night presidential suite on the seven-star Emirates Palace following his arrival. 

The chance he would return to Madrid for Christmas had polarised the political debate in Spain within the run-up to the festive season earlier than it was dominated out by Juan Carlos himself. 

He attributed his resolution to the coronavirus pandemic and the actual fact he was a high-risk individual due to his age. 

Studies on the time, refuted by Spain’s Royal Family, stated he had been admitted to a non-public clinic in Abu Dhabi after testing constructive for coronavirus. 

Juan Carlos is going through three separate felony probes in Spain. 

One is said to using bank cards linked to international accounts after his June 2014 abdication when he misplaced his constitutional safety in opposition to prosecution as a serving monarch. 

Prosecutors try to ascertain if the monarch accessed funds deposited in accounts held by a Mexican businessman and a Spanish Air Power official. 

Spain has additionally launched its personal investigation based mostly partially on data shared by Switzerland about money Juan Carlos allegedly acquired as a part of his involvement in a high-speed Saudi Arabia rail contract. 

In December, the ex-monarch’s lawyer introduced he had paid greater than £600,000 in back-taxes with curiosity and surcharges for the years since his abdication. 

Spanish authorities responded by saying they had been analysing the tax funds to see in the event that they had been ‘spontaneous, truthful and full.’ 

Juan Carlos’ shock departure from Spain initially of August led to an intense questioning of the nation’s monarchy led by left-wing vice-president Pablo Iglesias.

A number of interviews by the previous king’s ex-mistress Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, now residing within the UK, haven’t helped. 

She was implicated within the scandal surrounding Juan Carlos’ rule after it emerged he had given her a present of £57million. 

The 57-year-old blonde has claimed he gave her the money reward as a result of he was ‘adamant about taking good care of her.’ 

She additionally insisted in a TV interview final yr Juan Carlos was the ‘architect of his personal issues’ and described his Center East exile because the ‘final defeat.’ 

Spain’s present king, Juan Carlos’ son Felipe VI, made a veiled dig at his exiled father and the scandals surrounding his household in his Christmas speech. 

He stated in a televised tackle that ‘ethics are above household ties.’ The final photograph of Juan Carlos was taken on December 29 on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, house to the Yas Marina Circuit which is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 

Juan Carlos, in his letter to Spain’s present king Felipe VI asserting his resolution to depart his homeland, wrote ‘Guided by my conviction I can provide the perfect service to Spaniards, its establishments and to you as King, I’m speaking my resolution to maneuver away from Spain. 

‘It is a resolution I’m taking with deep feeling however with nice serenity. I’ve been King of Spain for nearly 40 years and through that entire time, I’ve at all times needed the perfect for Spain and for the Crown.’ 

He signed off the letter: ‘With affection as at all times, your father.’ 

It later emerged he had already left Spain by the point the letter was launched by the Royal Family. 

His departure sparked combined reactions, with monarchists and right-wing politicians accusing the federal government of forcing him into exile and critics of the previous king accusing him of an novice try to guard himself and his son from the corruption scandals threatening the way forward for Spain’s dwindling royal household. 

Barcelona-based writer Pilar Eyre, an knowledgeable on the Spanish royal household, made an explosive declare about Juan Carlos and Diana in a ebook she printed in 2012. 

She stated the Spanish monarch made a cross at her throughout a vacation Diana and Charles spent with their son on the king’s summer time palace in Majorca in 1986. 

In accordance with Eyre, the king made a ‘tactile’ advance to Diana, then simply 25. 

Diana herself denied something untoward had occurred however admitted that whereas the libidinous king was ‘charming’ he could possibly be a ‘little too attentive.’