Madrid - Tens of thousands of Spaniards lined the streets on a cold but sunny morning around the Royal Palace in Madrid for the funeral of Maria de las Mercedes, the 89-year-old mother of King Juan Carlos of Spain, who died in Lanzarote on Sunday, writes Jane Walker.
Dona Maria and her late husband, Don Juan, the son of King Alfonso XIII who abdicated in 1941, lived in exile for over 50 years.
