Conversation so far:
What is Abdication?
the King's chief of staff in a briefing denied that the 'abdication option' was being considered.
Was there controversy involving this situation?
On the morning of 2 June 2014, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made a televised announcement that the King had told him of his intention to abdicate.

Question: What else happened?
Self-contained rewrite: What else happened in addition to the king announcing his intention to abdicate?