It has been 20 years since the book Un rey coup a coup (Erregea, kolpez kolpe) was published by Arakatzen S.L., the publisher of the magazine Ardi Beltza. The Servimedia agency and the newspaper El Mundo reported the book with the headline: “Pepe Rei Publishes a book that attacks King Juan Carlos” (Pepe Rei has published a book that attacks King Juan Carlos).As an employee of the magazine and editorial administrator, I would like to recall some anecdotes.

One of the magazine's comrades suffered a serious car accident when he took the book to the printing press, followed by another vehicle that chased him. The driver responsible for the accident was fleeing, but at the Traffic Directorate we confirmed that his registration is linked to the Spanish Army. It should be taken into account that former military Amadeo Martínez, who was colonel of the General Staff and who handled sensitive information about the king, wrote opinion articles in the Black Sheep.

The book was purchased by journalists, politicians and judges, some of whom were journal subscribers. When the public library of the Basque Country was made with the book, the ABC newspaper and several agencies made it known to create controversy and so it happened when we presented the book in different places in the Spanish state.

A few months before the book was published, Tele 5 and the newspaper El País referred to journalist Pepe Rei (director of our magazine). According to these means, our director held a meeting with Judge Joaquín Navarro (collaborator of Ardi Beltza magazine) and with Mario Conde’s lawyer to talk about the king.

They had to spend fourteen years in order for the author of "a king to blow" to be made known. Rebeca Quintans is the writer who disguised herself with the pseudonym of Patricia Svea. During all these years the book has been censored by EITB, and also by public and private media throughout the Spanish state. Moreover, Catalan public television TV3 decided in 2012 to censor at the last minute the references it made in the documentary Monarchy or Republic to the book A King Hit By Blow.

One of Pepe Rei’s last projects was to make a documentary about the king, but as we organized the documentary, our colleague from Madrid received a visit from CESID (today CNI) and decided to postpone the project.

It is paradoxical that a magazine from the Basque Country wants to open a window to the corruption of the king and open the door to a comprehensive investigation into the affairs of Iñaki Urdangarin, born in Zumarraga.