Juan Carlos has always been a huge fan. Many of the former Spanish monarch’s mistresses are known, but now news is emerging that the titular king has secret children. In a rage, this week Juan Carlos denied having secret children, denying that Alejandra was his daughter. But there is more. The man who was considered one of the most seductive of kings and had 5,000 lovers, is said to be a “sexual predator”. The harsh words come from a colonel in the Spanish army, who worked closely with Juan Carlos and was fired for advocating the professionalization of the army. With his “weapons” in order, he devoted himself to his books. It was he, remember, who managed to breach the security of Felipe and Letizia’s wedding.
With about 5,000 conquests on Juan Carlos’ side, this ex-soldier finds it strange that news never surfaced that Juan Carlos had fathered children out of wedlock… The colonel believes there are more than 20 illegitimate children of the titular king. “What evidence is there? The children’s issue has always been a taboo subject, and so far only the cases of Ingrid Sartéau and Albert Soule have surfaced, which have been discredited despite DNA tests,” he said in an old interview. He added at the time “it was known, for example, that when he left the academy, years later, several women presented themselves to the military bodies with the claim of paternity of their children”.
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