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(COMBO) This combination of six file pictures created on January 4, 2018 shows (top L) young Prince of Asturias Juan Carlos on bike on January 1, 1953, (top C) Prince Juan Carlos of Spain (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon) and his wife princess Sophia of Greece, on May 14, 1962 in Athens during their wedding, (top R) Prince Juan Carlos of Bourbon and Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco participating in the Victory Parade in Madrid on June 10, 1971, (bottom L) a TV screen-capture of Spanish king Juan Carlos urging Spaniards in a nationwide television address late February 23, 1981 to keep calm and have confidence in Spain’s five year old Democracy while confronting with a military rebellion by franquist Army officers, (bottom C) Spanish King Juan Carlos on April 18, 2012 leaving San Jose hospital in Madrid where he was hospitalised after breaking his hip on an African elephant hunting trip, which provoked a scandal at home and (bottom R) King Juan Carlos addressing the nation following his abdication on June 2, 2014 at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid.
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos, who turns 80 on January 5, 2018, has taken a secondary role since his son Felipe ascended the throne in 2014, putting an end to his nearly four decades-long reign.

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