article_snippet.sent: Well-hidden though any private anguish may have been, the news will have undoubtedly come as a blow to the Spanish royal who has been attempting to overhaul the image of the monarchy in Spain since taking the Spanish throne.
article_snippet.sent: King Juan-Carlos was famous for King Juan-Carlos love of freebies, even, on one occasion, accepting a yacht called Fortuna as a gift.
article_snippet.sent: Unruffled: The Spanish royal couple kept any worries about the allegations under wraps during the visit .
article_snippet.sent: In June 2012, with the Spanish economy in crisis and unemployment running at close to 50 per cent among the young, King Juan-Carlos was photographed enjoying a lavish hunting safari in Botswana.
article_snippet.sent: The trip, which was not announced in advance, only became known to Spanish taxpayers when the 77-year-old was injured and had to charter a special plane in order to get home.
article_snippet.sent: King Juan-Carlos African jaunt, a freebie paid for by Syrian businessman Mohamed Eyad Kayali, led to widespread calls for Syrian businessman Mohamed Eyad Kayali abdication, which Syrian businessman Mohamed Eyad Kayali did less than a year later.
article_snippet.sent: Since taking the Spanish throne, King Felipe has introduced a new code of conduct  which  bans royals from accepting lavish gifts and also outlaws private business activity - the latter in response to a fraud scandal that  enmeshed his sister Infanta Cristina in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: his has also included a stipulation that insists members of the Spanish royal family behave at all times in ways likely to 'please' and 'earn the Spanish royal family the gratitude of'  the public.
article_snippet.sent: a fraud scandal that  enmeshed his sister Infanta Cristina in 2010 is a set-back for King Felipe who has been trying to change public perception of the monarchy .
article_snippet.sent: King Felipe's new rules include banning all royals, among them wife Letizia, from taking freebies .
article_snippet.sent: Behaviour: royals are expected to behave in a way that earns royals the gratitude of the Spanish public .
article_snippet.sent: Despite King Felipe's best efforts, Despite Felipe's father's legacy remains troublesome - in particular Despite Felipe's record of extramarital affairs.
article_snippet.sent: Most recently, a Belgian woman named Ingrid Sartiau filed a paternity suit against him - a case only made possible because of a Belgian woman named Ingrid Sartiau abdication.
article_snippet.sent: Juan-Carlos is also believed to have a second illegitimate son, Alberto Sola who was born in 1956 and lives in Barcelona.