article_snippet.sent: The ex-king of Spain, Juan Carlos, was leading a double life and having an affair with a German aristocrat for the last ten years of a German aristocrat reign, according to a new book that claims they were 'a couple, pure and simple'.
article_snippet.sent: The bombshell allegation is that Juan Carlos was romancing Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and was so smitten with Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein that a German aristocrat even contemplated divorcing a German aristocrat wife, Sofia, according to Final De Partida – or End Game – by Ana Romero, which sold out within 24 hours.
article_snippet.sent: The former King Juan Carlos greets Corinna Sayn-Wittgenstein in at an awards ceremony in Barcelona in May 2006:  
article_snippet.sent: Glamorous: The aristocrat is 27 years younger than the former Spanish king.
article_snippet.sent: Juan Carlos married former Queen Sofia in 1962 and became king in 1975.
article_snippet.sent: The 77-year-old former king's friendship with Sayn-Wittgenstein, 50, who is divorced from the German prince whose name she bears, emerged in 2012 when Juan Carlos was flown home from Botswana on a private jet after suffering an injury while on an expensive elephant-hunting holiday.
article_snippet.sent: Juan Carlos, pictured here with Queen Sofia in May 2014, was said to be so smitten with Sayn-Wittgenstein that he considered a divorce .
article_snippet.sent: The German woman, who is 27 years younger than Juan Carlos, was among those accompanying the monarch on the trip, which sparked outrage at a time when Spain was grappling with record unemployment and risked needing an international bailout.
highlights_snippet.sent: Book claims Juan Carlos was romancing Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein .
  