Juan Carlos, who was also facing health problems and whose popularity had been falling, abdicated in June 2014 in favor of his son, who became King Felipe VI. Mr. Urdangarin and his main business partner were eventually sentenced to prison for embezzling millions in return for facilitating sports events. Mr. Urdangarin’s wife, Princess Cristina, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but she was fined for her involvement in her husband’s businesses, and Felipe, her brother, withdrew her title of Duchess of Palma.

María Aguilar, a resident of Valldemossa, said she had voted to remove the monarchy. “I don’t see how the royal family is an asset when it costs public money and has now been found to be corrupt,” she said. “The monarchy has only been good for Majorca in as far as some of our politicians and businessmen probably got richer in return for lavishing favors upon the royal family.”

It is difficult to measure the current level of support for the royal family, particularly since the state-controlled Center for Sociological Research removed a question about the monarchy from its nationwide public opinion surveys in 2015. Under pressure from leftist politicians, the research center is now expected to reinsert soon the royal question in its surveys.