Sister of King Felipe allegedly failed to declare taxes and will appear in court alongside her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin Spain’s Princess Cristina has lost a legal battle to avoid being tried for tax fraud and is expected to testify next month in a corruption trial also featuring her husband and 16 other defendants. Lawyers for […]

Following the tax fraud trial expected to last six months, Spain’s Princess Cristina could face up to eight years in prison if a three-member panel of judges agrees the couple abused a real estate consulting firm described in court papers as a “front company” to bankroll a lavish lifestyle — including parties at their modernist […]

Lawyers of Spain’s Infanta Cristina attend to media after she testified in front of judge Jose Castro over tax fraud and money-laundering charges in Palma de Mallorca February 8, 2014. ALBERT GEA/REUTERS Filed Under: World, Spain, Spanish Politics, Princess Cristina, corruption Spanish judges will begin 2015 by dealing with a backlog of corruption cases left […]

The Spanish monarchy was dragged deeper into a corruption case Wednesday when Princess Cristina was charged with tax fraud and money laundering by a judge investigating whether her husband and business associates embezzled millions in public funds earmarked for sports events. The royal household had hoped to contain the scandal to the princess’ husband, Iñaki […]