King Juan Carlos is fit again

Three weeks after his lung surgery Spanish King Juan Carlos is the first time appeared in public. In Badajoz in the south west of the country, the monarch took on Sunday to mark the day of the armed forces of a military parade. Thousands of people cheered the 72-year-olds and cried "Viva el Rey" (Long live the king). At the ceremony, Queen Sofía nearly fell. The 71-year-old stumbled, but was caught by Juan Carlos in time. The monarch was on 8 May in a state hospital in Barcelona was removed a small benign tumor from his right lung. Then he made a ten-day rehabilitation. The doctors had to promise the king to give up smoking. Juan Carlos cigar fan.