Juan Carlos I
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
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| 2023 | The High Court of England and Wales dismissed the harassment case against Juan Carlos I, stating the court had no jurisdiction over the matter. |
| 2022 | Juan Carlos I won an appeal asserting his immunity from the allegations related to the years 2012-2014. |
| March 2022 | Spanish prosecutors closed all cases against Juan Carlos, mirroring the decision taken by Swiss prosecutors earlier. |
| December 2021 | Swiss prosecutors dropped all cases against Juan Carlos due to the impossibility of proving any illegality. |
| February 25 2021 | Juan Carlos I paid 4 million euros to the Spanish Tax Agency in order to avoid new tax offenses related to private flights he took. |
| 2020 | Since relocating, Juan Carlos I has visited Spain regularly, primarily to the town of Sanxenxo to engage in one of his favorite activities, sailing. |
| 2020 | Sayn-Wittgenstein filed a harassment case against Juan Carlos in London, claiming coercion regarding the return of money after their breakup. |
| 2020 | Juan Carlos I attended a private celebration at the Royal Palace of El Pardo to commemorate his granddaughter Leonor's 18th birthday. |
| December 2020 | Juan Carlos paid 678,393.72 euros to Spain's tax agency for defrauded money related to the use of opaque credit cards between 2016 and 2018, marking an admission of fraud. |
| August 2020 | Goes into self-imposed exile from Spain over allegedly improper business ties in Saudi Arabia. |
| August 17 2020 | The Royal Household publicly confirmed that Juan Carlos I had been in the United Arab Emirates since 3 August, having arrived there by private plane from Vigo Airport. |
| August 7 2020 | It was speculated that Juan Carlos I might have fled to multiple countries, but on this date, it was confirmed that he had arrived in the United Arab Emirates, specifically at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. |
| August 3 2020 | The Royal Household announced that Juan Carlos I wished to relocate from Spain due to increased media scrutiny about his business dealings in Saudi Arabia. He had left a letter to his son about this decision. |
| June 2020 | The public prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court of Spain agreed to investigate Juan Carlos's role as a facilitator in the high-speed rail connecting Mecca and Medina, considering events after his abdication in June 2014. |
| March 2020 | Swiss authorities began investigating Juan Carlos in March 2020 concerning a $100 million gift to Sayn-Wittgenstein in 2012, linked to alleged kick-back fees from Saudi Arabia. |
| March 15 2020 | The Royal Household announced that Felipe VI would renounce any inheritance from his father and that Juan Carlos would lose his public stipend from the State's General Budget. |
| March 14 2020 | The Telegraph reported that Felipe VI, Juan Carlos's son and the current King of Spain, appeared as the second beneficiary of the Lucum Foundation, which received a €65 million donation from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. |
| August 24 2019 | King Juan Carlos had heart surgery. |
| June 2019 | Following the allegations made by Sayn-Wittgenstein, demands for an investigation into Juan Carlos for corruption emerged in early June 2019. |
| June 2 2019 | Juan Carlos I officially retired from public life, five years after his abdication. |
| May 27 2019 | Juan Carlos I announced his intention to retire from public life in a letter to his son Felipe. |
| 2018 | Juan Carlos I was present at events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. |
| June 2018 | In mid-2018, recordings were leaked to the press of Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn alleging that Juan Carlos received kick-backs from commercial contracts, particularly regarding the construction of the Haramain high-speed railway in Saudi Arabia. |
| April 2018 | Juan Carlos was admitted to hospital for surgery on his right knee. |
| December 2015 | Juan Carlos I attended the inauguration of Mauricio Macri as president of Argentina. |
| March 2015 | Juan Carlos I attended the inauguration of Tabaré Vázquez as president of Uruguay. |
| 2014 | A miniseries was released that depicted the life of Juan Carlos I from 1948 to 1993. |
| 2014 | Allegations related to harassment against Juan Carlos continued from the time he was still King. |
| June 2014 | Juan Carlos I attended the second inauguration of Juan Manuel Santos as president of Colombia. |
| June 19 2014 | Juan Carlos I abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe VI, who then acceded to the throne. |
| June 18 2014 | King Juan Carlos I signed the organic law passed by parliament that facilitated his abdication, shortly before the abdication took effect. |
| June 2 2014 | Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made a televised announcement that King Juan Carlos I intended to abdicate the throne. |
| 2013 | Spanish news media began speculating about King Juan Carlos I's abdication due to public criticism over his elephant hunting safari in Botswana and an embezzlement scandal involving his daughter. |
| September 2013 | Juan Carlos underwent a hip operation at Madrid's Quirón hospital. |
| 2012 | Juan Carlos I faced claims of harassment stemming from his breakup with Sayn-Wittgenstein, who alleged he pressured her to return money given after their separation. |
| 2012 | The Mirabaud bank requested to close the account associated with the Lucum foundation, due to possible adverse publicity, leading to the bulk of the funds being transferred to Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. |
| July 2012 | WWF Spain held a meeting in Madrid where members voted 226 to 13 to remove Juan Carlos I from his honorary presidency, highlighting the fallout from his hunting trip. |
| April 2012 | Juan Carlos I faced significant criticism for a controversial elephant-hunting trip in Botswana, which was brought to public attention after he injured himself, necessitating the dispatch of a special aircraft for his return. |
| April 2012 | King Juan Carlos underwent surgery for a triple fracture of the hip at the San Jose Hospital in Madrid after falling during a private elephant-hunting trip to Botswana. |
| 2011 | Juan Carlos I detailed for the first time the yearly royal budget of €8.3 million, which excluded expenses such as the electricity bill, paid by the State. |
| May 2010 | A benign 17–19 mm tumour was removed from King Juan Carlos's right lung during an operation carried out at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. |
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