Former Spanish king Juan Carlos has a secret aristocratic daughter named Alejandra, a new book about the controversial royal claims.
Born in the late 1970s or early 1980s, she is married with one child and has never made her claim to the throne, despite learning the truth about her real father years ago, say the two Spanish journalists who published the book written. .
Juan Carlos allegedly took steps to ensure that the current Spanish king Felipe VI and his secret daughter didn’t ‘fall in love’ without knowing they were related when they were younger – before telling Palace officials after they came of age .
Spanish news website El Confidencial, which today published details of the book ahead of its release on May 8, said Alejandra eventually became an “open secret” in the highest circles of power.
Alejandra’s existence is believed to have been confirmed by three people: an ex-lover of the former Spanish king, an old businessman friend and one of her ex-boyfriends.
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos (pictured), who abdicated the throne in 2014, has a secret aristocratic daughter named Alejandra, a new book on the controversial royal claims
Juan Carlos is said to have taken steps to ensure that the current Spanish king Felipe VI (pictured) and his secret daughter didn’t “fall in love” without knowing they were related when they were younger. The book claims that the former king did not tell the palace officials until both children were grown
El Confidencial said she grew up in a “family of well-connected aristocrats,” adding, “In 1960s Spain, Alejandra’s mother stood out for her liberal and progressive profile.
“It was normal to see her at promotional and fashion events.
Some sources claim that Juan Carlos pulled the strings to make sure her mother had a job and a presence in the media.
“She often appeared in glossy magazines and formed friendships with other regular protagonists of the showbiz world, even becoming the muse of a famous haute couture designer.”
It also described her as someone Juan Carlos met when they were both young, with whom he shared friends and a passion for hunting.
About Alejandra, in its coverage of the new book, written by Jose Maria Olmo and David Fernandez and titled in Spanish: ‘King Corp, El Imperio nunca contado de Juan Carlos I’, it added: ‘She never talked about her secret .
She’s tall, slim and beautiful. She has lent her image to several clothing and jewelry brands.
She is passionate about music, culture and travel and has formed her own family. Disclosing more information would jeopardize her discretion.”
King Juan and Queen Sofia at their engagement in 1961
Juan Carlos, who served from 1975, abdicated in 2014 in favor of his son King Felipe of Spain VI
The explosive claims come days after the 85-year-old former king, the acknowledged father of three grown children, including the current king of Spain, flew to London from his Middle East hideout.
He was pictured attending Real Madrid’s Champions League 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
He then spent several days in the Galician resort of Sanxenxo on his second trip to Spain since his shock departure from the country and move to Abu Dhabi in August 2020.
At the time, he was at the center of corruption investigations in his homeland and a long-running legal battle, which is ongoing, with former lover Corinna zu Wittgenstein-Sayn.
She charged him with harassment and the case was heard by London’s Court of Appeal last year.
Judges of Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled in December that Juan Carlos, who reigned as King of Spain from 1975 until 2014 when he abdicated in favor of his son, had immunity for the period before he stepped down.
Her claim, made in London’s High Court, is expected to be heard at trial later this year.
Spanish royal expert Pilar Eyre spoke about the secret aristocratic daughter of the former Spanish king in December 2017, sparking a guessing game after telling an interviewer, “This person could be on the front of a magazine and is that too.’
Pilar Eyre made claims about Juan Carlos and Princess Diana in a book she published in 2012. She said that the Spanish royal family passed her by during a vacation Diana and Charles spent with their son at the king’s summer palace in Mallorca in 1986 (pictured in Mallorca)
Pilar made her explosive claim against well-known Spanish TV presenter Risto Mejide on a Sunday night program on Spain’s Cuatro channel called ‘Chester in Love’.
She said to him, “You think Juan Carlos has three children, don’t you, Felipe, Elena and Cristina?”
When he replied, “As far as I know, yes,” she replied, “Well, maybe it’s not just three.”
As Risto stared at her open-mouthed, she continued, “Someone nobody knows. Of the aristocracy, regarded by the public as the child of an important Spanish nobleman.’
Asked why the information had never come out, she added: ‘Because this person has a recognized set of parents.
“Everyone in their circle of friends knows it, including her mother, of course, and Juan Carlos.
“When the name comes out, everyone will say they really look alike.”
She seemed to accidentally let it be known that the “secret child” was a woman, adding: “She is a very well-known woman from a very well-known aristocratic family and the parents know very well who this person’s real father is.”
At the time, she never revealed the woman’s name.
Pilar Eyre made claims about Juan Carlos and Princess Diana in a book she published in 2012.
She said that the Spanish royal family had abused her during a vacation Diana and Charles spent with their son in 1986 at the king’s summer palace in Majorca.
According to Eyre, the king made a “tangible” advance to Diana, then only 25.
Diana herself denied anything unusual had happened, but admitted that while the libidinal king was “charming,” he could be “a little too considerate.”
In an explosive book published in 2016 titled “Juan Carlos: The King of 5,000 Lovers,” Spanish writer Amadeo Martinez Ingles called the ex-king a sex addict and said he had hundreds of relationships, even after marrying Felipe’s mother, Queen Sofia.
He claimed to have had 62 lovers in a six-month period alone, and in what Mr. Martinez Ingles called his “passionate period” between 1976 and 1994, he had slept with a whopping 2,154 women.
A Belgian housewife claims to be the daughter of Juan Carlos.
Ingrid Sartiau’s paternity claim was rejected by Spain’s Supreme Court in 2015 after the ex-king’s lawyers appealed an earlier decision to study the case.
Spanish waiter Albert Sola also claimed to be an illegitimate son of Juan Carlos around the same time as Ingrid – but his attempts to be recognized failed early on.
He died last October aged 66 after collapsing while ordering a glass of wine at a bar in the town of La Bisbal d’Emporda, near the Catalan city of Girona where he lived.