Spain’s Queen Letizia was seen as a threat to the country’s royal household by former king Juan Carlos, according to a new book about the royal family. Spain’s former king Juan Carlos viewed his soon-to-be daughter-in-law as ‘the worst thing that happened to [the royal family] in many years’, before she married his son Felipe. The 77-year-old Juan Carlos abdicated last year in favour of his 47-year-old son, now King Felipe VI. But he has always been cold towards Queen Letizia, 43, a divorcee and 'commoner'. As a former television journalist, Letizia was an unusual addition to the Spanish royal family, which has always been famously shut-off to the media.Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos viewed his future daughter-in-law as a threatHe thought Letizia, a divorced former journalist, would 'destroy' the crownFormer king laughed at her with friends, calling her 'la chacha' - the maidNew book about the court of King Felipe VI is set to be published this week
But they add that she has helped forge a connection between the _ public and the monarchy.