National
King drops his guard to praise the Prime Minister
By h.b.
May 13, 2008 - 7:54 AM

Spanish Interior Minister, Alfredo Pérez-Rubalcaba, has played down comments made by King Juan Carlos in an interview in the El Mundo newspaper on Sunday. Rubalcaba said the King merely dropped his guard and said what he thought about the Prime Minister, but some observers consider that the King should have been more discreet.

King Juan Carlos said that he considered José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to be ‘a very honest man, very upright and always to the point’.