The Spanish Royal Jewel That Got Away

Is he really back? For some, the news of King Juan Carlos brief return to Spain after nearly two years of self-imposed exile in the United Arab Emirates renewed conversation around the future of the Spanish royal family. For some—or was it just me?—it renewed conversations around the history of the Spanish Crown Jewels. They do not possess the high historical significance of the British Crown Jewels— there is no Imperial State Crown here with the Black Prince’s “Ruby” at the center stolen in 1371 from the body of Sultan of Granada by Pedro the Cruel, and the small pearls… Read Full Article