Spain's Princess Cristina charged with tax fraud, money-laundering

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jimmy olsen

January 07, 2014, 06:49:50 AM
Off with her head!  :menace:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/07/22211844-spains-princess-cristina-charged-with-tax-fraud-money-laundering?lite

QuoteSpain's Princess Cristina charged with tax fraud, money-laundering

By Fiona Ortiz, Reuters

MADRID - A Spanish judge has charged Princess Cristina - younger daughter of King Juan Carlos - with tax fraud and money laundering, possibly paving the way to an unprecedented trial of a member of the royal family, Spanish media reported on Tuesday.

Jose Castro, an examining magistrate in Palma de Mallorca said in a 200-page ruling there was evidence that Cristina, 48, had committed crimes and cited her to declare on March 8, said El Pais newspaper.

Cristina's husband, former Olympic handball player Inaki Urdangarin, has been charged with embezzlement and other crimes related to his non-profit Noos Foundation, which won public contracts to put on conferences on sports and business.
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January 07, 2014, 07:32:07 AM
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The Larch

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January 07, 2014, 07:55:55 AM
It was a matter of time, anyway it's not really a full charge, but a suspicion. She'll have to declare in a couple of months and then she will be charged for real or not. The judge already tried to do this last year but every single judicial body bent over backwards to prevent it, I guess that the second time is the charm.

celedhring

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January 07, 2014, 11:20:40 AM Last Edit: January 07, 2014, 11:23:34 AM by celedhring
She's not a princess. Only the royal heir is the prince.

Pet peeve of mine.

grumbler

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January 07, 2014, 01:00:58 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2014, 11:20:40 AM
She's not a princess. Only the royal heir is the prince.

Pet peeve of mine.

That may be true in Spanish, but in English any daughter or grand-daughter of the king is a princess, as is the wife of any prince.  Any son or grandson of the king is a prince, but I think (someone with better knowledge may correct me here) that only the husband of then monarch herself becomes a prince by marriage.

In English, the term you are looking for when referring to the toyal heir is "crown prince" or "crown princess" (though the latter, I believe, also refers to the wife of a crown prince).

So, your pet peeve isn't a peeve at all on an English-language forum.  Doesn't that make you happy?  :P
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January 07, 2014, 01:15:21 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2014, 01:17:53 PM by celedhring
Spanish is one of the few languages that still uses the word "prince" ("first") properly when refering to royalty, I shall not surrender to anglosaxon barbarity  :P

Anyway, we'll see if the accusation sticks this time. To be honest it would be better for the Spanish monarchy if she testified and then was cleared than all the bending over going around so she doesn't have to go in front of a judge.

Siege

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January 07, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
Are they direct descendants from Isabel of Castilla and Fernando of Aragon?


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January 07, 2014, 02:07:02 PM
Quote from: Siege on January 07, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
Are they direct descendants from Isabel of Castilla and Fernando of Aragon?

Probably.  But then so are a lot of Europeans.

They are a different dynasty though.
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January 07, 2014, 02:21:27 PM
And how rich is Spanish royal family? Never heard them mentioned next to the British or the Holfenfucks.


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January 07, 2014, 02:24:05 PM
Not much. As opposed to - say - the British monarchy, most of the palaces, lands, etc... used by the royal family belong to the state and not the royals themselves.

Their stipend is €8m a year, iirc.

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January 07, 2014, 02:27:11 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2014, 02:24:05 PM
Not much. As opposed to - say - the British monarchy, most of the palaces, lands, etc... used by the royal family belong to the state and not the royals themselves.

Their stipend is €8m a year, iirc.

Considering that Urdangarin only had to show up and snap his fingers to get politicians to drop millions of euros at him for no good reason at all imagine the pull that the King must have. That stipend is the tip of the iceberg.

celedhring

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January 07, 2014, 02:28:34 PM
Well, I suppose Siege was just asking for pure net worth. The King still wields important factual power, despite having little legal one.

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January 07, 2014, 04:00:39 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2014, 01:15:21 PM
Spanish is one of the few languages that still uses the word "prince" ("first") properly when refering to royalty, I shall not surrender to anglosaxon barbarity  :P

Okay, you have convinced me.  She isn't a princess.  :cool:
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January 07, 2014, 04:09:23 PM
Quote from: Siege on January 07, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
Are they direct descendants from Isabel of Castilla and Fernando of Aragon?

Direct?  No.  They were of the House of Trastamara.  The current Monarchy is the House of Bourbon.
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January 07, 2014, 04:47:24 PM Last Edit: January 07, 2014, 05:37:39 PM by celedhring
Quote from: Razgovory on January 07, 2014, 04:09:23 PM
Quote from: Siege on January 07, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
Are they direct descendants from Isabel of Castilla and Fernando of Aragon?

Direct?  No.  They were of the House of Trastamara.  The current Monarchy is the House of Bourbon.

In fact, they *both* were Trastámaras, starting a long honored tradition of inbreeding.
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