Palma.The Provincial Balearic Court will decide on May 20 whether the King´s youngest daughter, the Infanta Cristina, should be questioned by a Palma judge who is investigating allegations that her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, embezzled more than six million euros of public funds.
Palma judge Jose Castro, who is investigating Urdangarin´s alleged wrong-doing, issued a court summons last month for the Infanta Cristina to be questioned in connection with the case. The prosecution, who unusually opposed the move, issued an appeal against the summons, effectively splitting the judge and the prosecution. Meanwhile the Infanta´s defence lawyers have said that her summons is a waste of time because she has no case to answer.
Urdangarin has been questioned twice by Judge Jose Castro who is probing allegations that Urdangarin and his business partner, Diego Torres, embezzled six million euros of public funds through the Noos foundation. The two had been hired by both the Balearic and Valencian governments to organise various sporting events.
The eyes of most of Spain will be on the court in Palma next month when it announces its verdict on the summons. If the Infanta Cristina has to go to court she will be the first member of the Spanish royal family in recent history to be questioned by a judge. The whole case has dented the popularity of the monarchy.
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