RABAT — Morocco's King Mohammed VI received an apology from Spain after the latter's officers attempted to board his royal's yacht by mistake, The Telegraph newspaper reported Monday. The officers, patrolling for drug smugglers and human trafficking, approached two speed boats and three jetskis being used by the royal party to asceratin their identities. They did not know that King Mohammed and his entourage were enjoying their day off Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. The Telegraph citing the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo, the incident infuriated the Moroccan king. He shouted to the Civil Guards: “Do you know who I am?” The officers replied: “No,” forcing the monarch to remove his cap and sunglasses in order for him to be instantly recognized. Soon after the incident, the Moroccan monarch immediately called up King Felipe VI of Spain to complain. Later, Col. Andres Lopez, the head of the Guardia Civil in Ceuta, personally apologized to King Mohammed. While the king reportedly admitted that the officers were “only doing their job,” he was irritated that: “The police did not show me respect.” — Al Arabiya News
