(FILES) Spanish former King Juan Carlos I arrives to attend the XII Meeting COTEC Europe "WORK 4.0, Rethinking the Human-Technology Alliance", held at Mafra National Palace, in Mafra, on February 7, 2018. Could former King Juan Carlos, who has been in exile in Abu Dhabi since 2020, return to live in Spain? The debate was revived after the declassification of the archives on the failed putsch of 1981, documents that made him a key figure in democracy, AFP reports on February 27, 2026. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP via Getty Images)