Saturday, 8 February 2014

Spain’s Princess to appear in court over corruption




Spain’s Princess Cristina is due to be questioned in court in connection with a corruption scandal involving the business dealings of her husband.
It will be the first time in history a member of Spain’s royal family has appeared in court as the subject of a criminal investigation.

Inaki Urdangarin is alleged to have defrauded regional governments of millions of euros of public money.

The princess and her husband deny any wrongdoing, and have not been charged.

Princess Cristina, 48, will accompanied by her lawyer as she answers dozens of questions from a judge in a closed-door hearing set to start at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT) at the main court building in Palma de Mallorca, capital of the Balearic Islands.

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