MADRID (Reuters) - Crown Prince Felipe took his ailing father's place at a national day parade in Madrid on Saturday and called for Spanish unity, as thousands marched against Catalan independence in Barcelona.
King Juan Carlos, 75, is recovering from hip surgery, his fifth operation in two years, and missed the annual parade for the first time as expectations grew that his son may soon take over the troubled throne.
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