unprincipled peter
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the Spanish Bourbons were trying to flee the country, like the Portuguese Bourbons did a few months earlier. Unlike the Portuguese, though, who lived on the coast, and could just hop on board a ship and sail away, the Spanish Bourbons had to cross country to a port. en route, the populace got wind of what they were doing and captured Godoy and detained the royal family. Charles capitulated to save Godoy, and probably his own neck. From that point on, Spanish Bourbons had no opportunity to escape.