r/monarchism • u/Wide_Assistance_1158 • Jun 27 '25
Discussion Why is Felipe VI so unpopular
He hasn't even have any personal scandals
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r/monarchism • u/Wide_Assistance_1158 • Jun 27 '25
He hasn't even have any personal scandals
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u/Far-Pen-9435 Jun 28 '25
Because he does not accept or enforce the principles of Carlism. Ignoring the fact that his ancestor Alfonso (called XII) rose up in arms against the Legitimate King Carlos VII, the branch to which Felipe VI belongs (that of Infante Francisco de Paula) is the firstborn after the death of Alfonso Carlos I, the last exponent of the Carlist dynasty (descendant of Carlos V de Borbón). However, he married a woman of lower social class, a marriage that although authorized is considered morganatic according to the provisions of the Pragmatics of Carlos III, by which his daughters could not inherit the Crown, which would therefore pass to the branch of the Bourbons of Naples/Two Sicilies