Today, Juan Carlos is an 83-year-old man, and he is no longer the king of the flower heart who is a gentleman and attracts butterflies.
Now that he has a bad record, he has become a street rat that everyone avoids, and even on his 83rd birthday, his son did not send him birthday wishes.
Since last year, Juan Carlos I has lived on an island in Abu Dhabi, said to be inhabited by the world's most powerful people, with five-star hotels and 11 large mansions, one of which is the home of Juan Carlos I.
With the exception of his two daughters, who occasionally visited, King Felipe of Spain had never been here, and his disheartened wife, Empress Sofia, had no intention of coming here.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mansion also has few visitors.
According to people familiar with the matter, Juan Carlos I is in a very bleak situation today, loneliness is his biggest enemy, he does not like to play mobile phones, will not use computers, so he can only watch movies at home, occasionally call people familiar.
To others, it looks like a paradise for a vacation, but it is more like a gilded cage.
Apart from the occasional meal in Abu Dhabi, the old king rarely leaves Zayanurai island, and although the princes and nobles of the UAE call him brothers and sisters, they do not have as much time to take care of the powerless old king.
Coupled with his mobility problems, he occasionally travels in a wheelchair, but considering his image as a king, he still needs crutches and the help of staff to walk when he goes out.
According to a close friend of Juan Carlos I, although the old king's face was no longer puffy, his hands were as clean and detailed as ever.
His face also showed a healthy complexion, but his face still had signs of aging.
His eyes slowly turned to a dull light gray, and it was no longer the clear sky blue it had been before.
Juan Carlos I has lost 24 pounds compared to before, and he is no longer the glamorous and well-dressed king.
Today's Juan Carlos I is more like an old man who has been devastated by the years, always wearing a white vest, cotton pants and black shoes.
If people who don't know him still think he's a tourist on the island, or someone who is retiring here.
Juan Carlos I's body became weaker and weaker under the torment of illness, and it was extremely difficult for him to stand up today, even with the help of crutches.
It seems that he has entered the stage of nippon, and Juan Carlos I has begun to consider his own funeral.
Now Juan Carlos I's greatest wish was to return to Spain, and he missed the food in Spain and his palace, but he knew that it was all delusional.
In order to allow the old king to "enjoy" his old age, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior assigned him two guards and three assistants, who would take turns to take care of the old king's diet and living.
But being away from Spain and his family was the greatest punishment for him, not too heavy for a man who was unfaithful to his wife or even mentally abusive, and he never showed regret or admitted his faults, at least morally he did not show the guilt he deserved.
Not to mention that Juan Carlos I was still a suspect involved in hundreds of millions of corruption cases, and now the biggest wish of the Spaniards is to see their old king tried one day, and now Juan Carlos I's situation is completely self-inflicted.