Christopher Bjork wrote about Spain from The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones' Madrid bureau. He also covered big banks like Banco Santander and Bankia and mergers and acquisitions, and followed ...

Spain’s King Juan Carlos has become the third European monarch to abdicate the throne in the last 18 months. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was the first of the recent abdications, passing the ...

Other monarchs have stepped down due to scandal. King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicated in 2014 due to a corruption investigation, making his son, King Felipe, the new monarch. King Albert of Belgium ...

King Charles marked a powerful return after suffering from a "temporary health setback" amid speculations of his abdication. For the unversed, the monarch was recently admitted to hospital for a ...

Attention everyone wondering if King Charles is going to abdicate the throne and let Prince William step into the hot seat (read: that giant fancy golden throne they own). Nope. Despite his cancer ...

Juan Carlos has become entangled in an intense courtroom battle with his former mistresses. Spain watches in astonishment as all the skeletons keep falling out of the Spanish royal family's closet.