“Save the King” is what it’s called. three-part series broadcast by HBO Max which tells about the life of the monarch who led the Transition period in Spain, King Juan Carlos I. Contrary to what the name might imply, the production is more than a life raft to revive the king’s reputation. this is a declaration of war In all rules.

The house where King Juan Carlos and Barbara Rey met

With the second episode of the series, they came to light talk that honorable king In the 1990s, he had one of his already confirmed mistresses, Barbara Rey. Entries that both were made by Vedette herselfand also CESID, to show what the relationship was like both had in their little love nest, located in a chalet provided by CNI itselfat number 6 Calle Sextante, in the Aravaca area, very close to Zarzuela, prepared so the king had the necessary privacy for his intimate encounters with an actress.

Audio recordings of the King

In the series you can hear three conversations in which the king confesses his feelings for Barbara Rey and also be honest about some aspects of Spanish politics at the moment. “At a quarter to three, is it okay for you to come?” the monarch asks his beloved, to which she affectionately replies: “Fine. When you’re around you call me to open the garage”. Before saying goodbye, the King dedicates a gentle message to his interlocutor: “I love you very much”.

Barbara Rey in the fifth program “The 48 Hour Limit”

Everything was perfectly planned to avoid cameras and for all to see, and so that the monarch may do and revoke whatever he pleases. However, what they did not expect was that Barbara Rey arranged the microphones and cameras herself hidden throughout the house in order to save audio recordings later and thus be able to blackmail both the king and the government. According to several testimonies appearing in the docu-series, Vedetta received 600 million pesetas so that he continues to keep his audio recordings well and does not see the light of day.

In the second audio recording, the actress asks the monarch about his opinion on the upcoming electionsscheduled for March 3, 1996. A question to which the King answers with complete clarity: “I think something is going to win PPbut not by an absolute majority”, the reason why he thinks so is explained below, and it is that José María Aznar, the person responsible for leading the party, not enough traction. The protagonist of the third published audio is Luis Roldan, former director of the Civil Guard: “Here, no one expects to be found. Although between us, the Civil Guard says that it is better not to find. That it is better to find him dead,” says the honorary king, disclosure of highly sensitive information and explaining that it was better to avoid the “very long process” that Roldan would have to face.

Royal family at the 30th anniversary of the reign of King Juan Carlos

Series still planned release of his third and the final chapter on the digital platform was written by Santi Acosta and produced by Producciones Mandarina and Unicorn Content, both are closely related to Mediaset. And this, according to the platform itself, a fascinating story of spies, conspiracies and silence pacts in which the entire state machine tends to protect the honorary king from his own actions and hide their scandals.