The emeritus king traveled to Vitoria this Sunday after spending four days in Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) where he attended the regattas of the Spanish Sailing Cup in the 6mR class.
The Global 5000 plane of the Royal Jet LCC company, owned by the Emirati royal family, in which it arrived in Galicia on Wednesday, landed after seven in the afternoon at the Foronda airport, near the Basque capital.
Juan Carlos I has left the house of his friend Pedro Campos, president of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, where he has lived these days, at 5:17 p.m. this Sunday and has gone to the Peinador airport (Vigo), where he has remained the private
jet
for the duration of their stay in Galicia.
From there he has traveled to the Basque capital, with the aim of undergoing a medical examination, as confirmed to EL PAÍS by sources around him.
The newspaper
El Diario Vasco
assures that the king emeritus will visit the clinic of Dr. Eduardo Anitua, odontostomatologist and president of the BTI (Biotechnology Institute).
Don Juan Carlos maintains a long relationship with both him and his colleague Mikel Sánchez, a traumatologist who has treated some of his many injuries.
Both are pioneers in the therapeutic use of plasma rich in growth factors (PRP).
It has not been made public where the king emeritus is staying during his stay in Vitoria, which could last more than a day, but the commitment he reached in March with the Casa del Rey, through intermediaries, was not to use public means in his visits to Spain.
With his trip to Vitoria, Juan Carlos I has extended his private stay in Spain before returning to Abu Dhabi, where he has lived as a guest of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed since, in August 2020, he voluntarily expatriated while the Prosecutor's Office investigated his fortune in abroad.
Before arriving in Galicia, the previous head of state made a stopover in London, where he attended the football match between Real Madrid and Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge stadium.
Contrary to what he had claimed, Buckingham Palace flatly denied that he had held a private meeting with the new King of the United Kingdom, Charles III.
The trip of King Juan Carlos to Galicia has been characterized by discretion and silence, contrary to what happened in May last year with his first visit, which became a media spectacle, which caused strong discomfort in La Operetta.
Beyond a few greetings, the King's father has not uttered a single word before the crowd of journalists who have followed his every move since he landed in Spain.
The purpose of his visit was to train for the 6mR class sailboat World Cup, which he won in Canada in 2017 and revalidated in Finland in 2019. The tournament is held at the end of August on the British Isle of Wight, as well as participating with the
Bribón
in the scoring regatta for the Spanish Cup that was held on Saturday and this Sunday in Sanxenxo.
But the king emeritus has barely been able to navigate due to the bad state of the sea and his advanced age (85 years).
The two days of this weekend he went to the Yacht Club, but he did not get out of the vehicle, so the sailboat left without him.