Youth unemployment hurts me, says Spain's king as he turns 75


MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos I said he was worried about high youth unemployment and urged Spaniards to stick together to combat an economic crisis, in an interview to mark his 75th birthday after a year of scandal for the royal family.

The king was widely respected for overseeing Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s but last year his popularity slumped after he was forced to apologise for going on an elephant hunting trip to Botswana as his country was mired in financial crisis.

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