The first day of the trial will be dedicated to preliminary questions from the lawyers. Roca confirmed that the defendants will not be involved in any way on Monday. He stressed that the princess’s defence will use what he described as a lack of legitimacy on behalf of Manos Limpias as private prosecutor. (It needs restating that the public prosecutor is not bringing any charges against the princess.)
In responding to a question as to whether the princess should divorce Iñaki Urdangarin on account of the charges levelled against him, Roca said: “It is not for us to hurt what the couple themselves believe or want.”
The King’s sister will sit in the dock accused of tax evasion. She has already been stripped of her title of the Duchess of Palma, and will heap yet further embarrasment on Spain’s ruling Bourbons when she becomes the first royal born member to stand trial. The 50-year-old youngest daughter of former King Juan Carlos will be in the dock alongside her disgraced husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, a one-time Olympic handball champion who is accused of fraud and embezzlement.
Cristina will stand accused of two counts of accessory to tax fraud while her husband is accused along with a former business partner of creaming off €6 million in public funds from contracts awarded to Nóos, a charitable foundation which he chaired.
Cristina’s lawyers say she is innocent of any wrongdoing and that she trusted her husband to handle their financial affairs.
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