A Dutch tabloid magazine has published the first photos of former Spanish King Juan Carlos I kissing his ex-mistress Barbara Rey.
The snapshots taken by Private published show Don Juan Carlos and Barbara Rey interacting with each other on a terrace in 1994.
Although the affair between the two has long been suspected, it was only confirmed by the recently surfaced incriminating photos.
Barbara Rey once represented her country as Miss Spain in the twenty-first Miss World pageant. However, her real fame came in 1975 when she appeared on the Spanish television show Palmares occurred, which quickly made her a national sex symbol.
Sea Private it was Barbara’s son, Angel Cristo Jr., who sold the photos three decades after they were taken. The article states: “These photos were used to blackmail King Juan Carlos by television star Barbara Rey. She used her son Angel Cristo Jr., who was thirteen at the time, to secretly take the photos. He made a lot of money from it and wanted revenge on his mother… Angel told this shocking story.”
Barbara told Spanish media last night: “I’m not going to say anything about it, I’ll consult with my lawyer.” She added: “I didn’t know he could go that far. It’s a shame. The only thing I can say is that this shows who my son is and what he is like.”
Angel Cristo explained in the article: “My mother kept the photos and negatives in a safe in her room, under a painting by my father. In the drawers of her bedside table was a list of all the codes for the safes. She always kept everything under wraps.”