Madrid: Former Spanish King Juan Carlos was under fire Monday after a photo emerged of him meeting S
Madrid: Former Spanish King Juan Carlos was under fire Monday after a photo emerged of him meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has been tainted by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The photo, which was released on the Twitter account of the Saudi foreign ministry (@KSAmofaEN), was published in several Spanish newspapers.
Conservative daily El Mundo ran it along with the headline: “The photo of shame”.
A spokesman for the royal family said the former king shook hands with the de facto Saudi ruler at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday in what was a “greeting required by protocol, with no institutional significance and no previous meeting.
