« on: December 10, 2011, 12:52:23 PM »
The Spanish royal family has not issued any public comments concerning the legal problems of Iñaki Urdangarin, the son-in-law to King Juan Carlos who is facing possible criminal prosecution for allegedly diverting public money from a non-profit organization to his private businesses.
Urdangarin, who is married to Princess Cristina, has been living in Washington since the undercover investigation Operation Babel broke several years ago.
According to sources, King Juan Carlos and his family are looking at ways to divest his two daughters, Cristina and her eldest sister Princess Elena, from official royal duties. They would keep their titles as princess but would not be taking part in any official ceremonies, much like the roles of the king's sisters, Pilar and Margarita.
The presence of Cristina and Elena at official functions will no longer be necessary since the line of succession has already been established through Prince Felipe and his two daughters, Leonor and Sofía.
Read more: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Royal/family/looks/at/ways/to/deal/with/son-in-law/s/possible/indictment/elpepueng/20111208elpeng_13/Ten
Spanish Royal Son-In-Law to be Indicted for Corruption In Coming Weeks
Iñaki Urdangarin, the son-in-law to King Juan Carlos and target of a corruption investigation in Palma de Mallorca, is expected to be indicted in the coming weeks on charges that he profited from at least six multi-million-euro public contracts that were granted to his non-profit Nóos Institute, judicial sources tell EL PAÍS.
However, Princess Cristina, Urdangarin's wife and the king's youngest daughter, will not be charged in the so-called Palma-Arena case, the sources add.
Investigators are focusing on two contracts Urdangarin's Nóos Institute received from the Balearic Islands government, worth 2.3 million euros, and four from the Valencia regional government, worth 3.7 million euros, to organize sports and tourism events between 2004 and 2006.
Anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating claims that Nóos made profits way in excess of the real cost of the events, and have detected serious irregularities in the granting of those contracts
Read more: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Spanish/royal/son-in-law/to/be/indicted/for/corruption/in/coming/weeks/elpepueng/20111207elpeng_2/Ten
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