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Spanish king Juan Carlos leaves hospital after latest surgery

Spain’s 75-year-old King Juan Carlos left hospital Saturday, nearly a week after undergoing lower back surgery, his seventh operation in three years. “I am feeling very well, I feel no pain in my back or anywhere else,” he told reporters as he was driven out of Madrid’s La Milagrosa hospital.…

Spanish king’s elephant hunting accident provokes outrage

While ordinary Spaniards cope with harsh austerity, recession and soaring unemployment, the country’s royal family has been enjoying expensive hunting trips, one of which resulted in King Juan Carlos ending up in hospital. The 74-year-old monarch’s fall in a park in Botswana provided an excuse for Spanish newspapers, who normally…