The headlines make it sound as if Juan Carlos is apologizing for having shot an elephant -- the articles make it clear that the real problem is his going on an expensive vacation while his people are having hard times.
After all, this is the country that gave us bullfighting. The supposedly against-the-odds killing of a large animal by a lone man is a national sport.
The King has always been pretty straightforward ("Democracy has begun" "You'll take us back to a military dictatorship over my dead body") and now he just says he's sorry and he made a mistake.
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