(Corrects type of weapon in paragraphs 1, 5)
MADRID, April 10 (Reuters) – A teenage grandson of Spain’s
King Juan Carlos shot himself in the foot accidentally with a
shotgun while doing target practice outside a family home north
of Madrid, the royal palace told Reuters by telephone on
Tuesday.
Felipe Juan Froilan, the 13-year-old son of the king’s
eldest daughter Infanta Elena, was with his father, Jaime de
Marichalar, on Monday evening on the patio of a house in the
town of Soria, when he misfired a shot at his right foot.
“He has suffered a minor accident,” said a spokesman,
reading from a short statement.
Felipe, the king’s eldest grandchild, was treated at Santa
Barbara Hospital in Soria before being transferred to the Quiron
clinic in the capital for further treatment, the palace added.
Conservative newspaper ABC said Felipe was walking with the
shotgun pointing at the ground when it went off.
The incident was reminiscent of a more serious royal
shooting accident in 1956 when King Juan Carlos’s 14-year-old
brother, Alfonso, was shot dead at the royal family’s home.
While the palace at that time said a revolver that Alfonso
was cleaning went off, and he received a shot to the head,
historians have questioned the official version.
(Reporting by Sarah Morris; Editing by Patrick Graham)
