About the King’s intervention, he has already signed the Royal Decree-law allowing the exhumation. That is all his role in this situation.
The most recent episode is the Government trying to press the Vatican to avoid Franco being buried at the Almudena Cathedral. That would be a terrible PR campaign for the Govt. Having his remains in the city centre is clearly a bad “business”.
I found an interesting news segment regarding Francisco Franco on the American (U.S.) public t.v. company, PBS. This subject was previously discussed on a thread here at the Franco-Iberian Message Board. In addition, the subject of the king of Spain's possible involvement regarding the reinterment of Franco's body was also discussed on this segment.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-conflict-arises-in-spain-over-the-fate-of-francos-body
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-conflict-arises-in-spain-over-the-fate-of-francos-body
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