The Ministry of Royal Household Denials

Rabat, Feb. 27 - The Ministry of Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery denied information posted Wednesday by the Spanish e-paper, El Imparcial, according to which king Mohammed VI's visit to France was intended to receive health care, stressing that the monarch is in good health.

The journey of the sovereign to Paris was part of a private visit to "take some rest" and "not to receive any health care of undergo whatever surgery," a press release of the ministry said here Wednesday.

The document went on to assert that Prince Moulay Ismail (cousin of the king) accompanied the monarch as part of the tradition followed by the Royal Family.