re: King Juan Carlos of Spain Abdicates in Favor of His Son

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by bringing Juan Carlos to the throne, and allowing for democratic elections for a Parliament.

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Except that he intended for Juan Carlos to be his successor, not to establish a constitutional monarchy. Even when Juan Carlos took the crown, he had to do so under Franco's restrictive laws that required him to pledge fealty to Movimiento Nacional, the only legal political party at the time of FF's death. It wasn't until the crown was on his head and Franco was long rotting did he have the legitimacy to tell the army and the Francoist right wing that he was going to transition to a democracy.