The Francisco Franco Foundation was established in 1976, the year after the death of the Spanish dictator. Today, Friday, the far-right group has celebrated its 45th anniversary. In fact, since its inception, the foundation has had the objective of disseminating the knowledge of Francisco Franco, “exalting” his life and “caring for the legacy”, among others.

Well, as the journal Publico.es has published, Juan Carlos I. The emeritus king of Spain supported the foundation. On November 24, 1976, the heads of the foundation moved to the Casa Real, headed by the daughter of the dictator Carmen Franco. There they asked the monarch to leave some of the halls of the Palace of El Pardo in Madrid to become the seat of the franchises.

He was also asked to intervene to “collaborate in the end of the campaign of insults and falsehoods against the figure of Francisco Franco”. According to sources from the Foundation, the king replied that the laws of Spain and of any state "do not admit insults to the memory" of their heads of state and their kings.

Not even in case of theft will be tried

Today, three researches on the wealth of Juan Carlos I.aren are open, but not on a lasting basis. In fact, the Spanish Supreme Court is preparing a decree to close the three cases, claiming the "inviolability" of the king emeritus in the case. Crimes of tax fraud and corruption, as well as the collection of several commissions at international level, have also been analysed. For example, it has been investigated whether the monarch received EUR 60 million in commissions for his intervention in the construction of the high-speed train of Saudi Arabia, which was awarded to Spanish companies.

However, the Prosecutor’s Office intends to file the three investigations, for several reasons: some crimes are out of date, others for the king’s “inviolability” at that time and for having paid Hacienda EUR 5 million to balance the money previously concealed. Therefore, this bottle will not have to go to court either.