{"id":12403,"date":"2014-02-08T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T07:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/spanish-princess-questioned-in-court\/"},"modified":"2014-02-08T07:48:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T07:48:05","slug":"spanish-princess-questioned-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/spanish-princess-questioned-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Princess Questioned in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4149 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/vn-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Spain&#8217;s Princess Cristina ({pictured above})is being questioned in court in connection with a corruption scandal involving her husband&#8217;s business dealings.}}<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time in history that a member of Spain&#8217;s royal family has appeared in court as the subject of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband Inaki Urdangarin is alleged to have defrauded regional governments of millions of euros of public money.<\/p>\n<p>The princess and her husband deny any wrongdoing, and have not been charged.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s royal household admits the case has damaged the reputation and credibility of Spain&#8217;s royals, and, partly because of this scandal, the popularity of King Juan Carlos has fallen in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-republican campaigners vowed to demonstrate near the court.<\/p>\n<p>Closed-door hearing<\/p>\n<p>Princess Cristina, 48, stepped from her car and walked into the court on the island of Mallorca without commenting to the waiting television crews.<\/p>\n<p>King Juan Carlos&#8217;s youngest daughter will have to answer dozens of questions from a judge in a closed-door hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The judge has named her as a fraud and money-laundering suspect.<\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Spain&#8217;s Princess Cristina ({pictured above})is being questioned in court in connection with a corruption scandal involving her husband&#8217;s business dealings.}} It is the first time in history that a member of Spain&#8217;s royal family has appeared in court as the subject of a criminal investigation. 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