Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Europe's Royals Buffeted by Growing Woes Jamie Dettmer The handwriting had been on the wall for Spain's former and now disgraced King Juan Carlos since 2012. That was the year he took off for Botswana with his estranged mistress, a self-styled German princess, along with her son for an elephant shoot. .