Like father, not like son: Spain’s King Felipe tries to overcome Juan Carlos scandals

Despite question marks over the future of Spain’s monarchy, King Felipe VI appears to be winning over some critics, reports Graham Keeley in Madrid

Things are looking up: Spain’s King Felipe VI (EPA)

It has been another week of scandal for Spain’s disgraced former king Juan Carlos.

He paid the country’s tax authority €4.4m (£ 3.8m), in what was widely seen as an attempt to clear his way to return home from his exile in Abu Dhabi.

And the former ruler’s lawyers also submitted a voluntary declaration regarding flights worth €8m from a private jet company that were paid for between 2009 and 2018 by a distant cousin, and which were seen as taxable benefits in kind in Spain.