SPAIN: A Crown for Juan Carlos?

Will the Prince of Spain ever become King? Madrid last week was alive with speculation that Prince luan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, 33, will be crowned in October. The move, which might be announced within the next couple of weeks, will be the most significant political development in Spain since the end of the Civil War in 1939.

Rumors began circulating several weeks ago, when Foreign Minister Gregorio Lopez Bravo arrived in San Sebastian, Spain's summer capital. Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Chief of State, was vacationing on his yacht at Vigo and...

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