Yuri had been trying to discover what position the premier has taken in regard to the throne of Spain.
The throne of Spain had been left vacant after a political upheaval in 1868.
The Prince didn't want the throne of Spain anyway, one story stated.
In this state of things I have thought of the throne of Spain for you.
He had been asked by the Spanish Cortes to accept the vacant throne of Spain.
Politicians could see the peace was unlikely to last long because of the problems of the succession to the throne of Spain and her colonies.
Finally, he begins to believe himself to be the heir to the throne of Spain.
For the next two years he was the heir to the throne of both Portugal and Spain.
He was claimant to the throne of Spain from 1941 until his renunciation in 1977.
In 1869 he rejected an offer to assume the throne of Spain.