Franco’s remains exhumed and flown to cemetery near Madrid
Spanish dictator’s body moved from tomb in the Valley of the Fallen to lie alongside his wife
The body of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has been exhumed from the tomb in the Valley of the Fallen where it has lain since his death in 1975 and is being taken by helicopter to lie alongside that of his wife in a cemetery near Madrid.
Shortly after 10.30am local time (0930 BST) on Thursday, the Spanish government announced the operation to move his body was under way.