"Spanish princess facing tax-fraud trial" Associated Press January 10, 2015
MADRID — Spain’s Princess Cristina is expected to be tried on charges of tax fraud after a judge Friday rejected an appeal by her lawyers against her indictment.
Cristina, 49, was indicted Dec. 22 as part of a four-year inquiry into dealings of her businessman husband, Inaki Urdangarin, a former Olympic handball medalist who faces charges ranging from money laundering to fraud.
She is the first member of the Spanish royal family ordered to stand trial since the monarchy was restored in 1975.
The princess’ lawyer, Miquel Roca, lamented the decision by investigative magistrate Jose Castro but said she did not plan to file a complaint.
A court spokeswoman said that on renouncing this option, the way was cleared for the trial to be held.
The princess is accused of benefiting financially from an alleged scheme with Urdangarin’s nonprofit Noos organization, which allegedly embezzled public funds and siphoned them into Aizoon, a private company owned by the couple.
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