The World - News from April 24, 1986

King Juan Carlos I took Spain’s campaign to recover Gibraltar to the British Parliament, where he appealed for a fast solution to what he described as “the only problem that separates us.” Spain insists on negotiating an end to British rule in Gibraltar. However, Britain says there can be no change in Gibraltar’s status, in effect since 1704, without the consent of its 20,000 inhabitants. In the last referendum, 96% of the voters favored continuing under British rule. Juan Carlos was the first foreign monarch to address both houses of Parliament.