High
Level Tax Fraud
Spanish government drops support for Princess
Cristina over tax fraud charges
King Felipe’s sister
urged to consider taking herself out of the line of succession after being
accused of tax scam
Associated Press in Madrid
The Guardian, Sunday 28
December 2014 18.32 GMT
Princess Cristina of
Spain and her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, have both been charged with tax fraud.
Photograph: Willi Schneider/Rex Features
Government support for
Spain’s scandal-plagued Princess Cristina has waned, with its new parliament
spokesman saying she should consider taking herself out of the line of
succession after being ordered to stand trial on tax fraud charges.
“Cristina should
reflect on whether she should renounce her rights of succession,” said Rafael
Hernando in an interview published on Sunday in the newspaper El Mundo.
Just one week ago, the
prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, said he was convinced of her innocence. But on
Friday, four days after her indictment, he said: “I can’t get involved.”
A day earlier, Cristina’s
brother King Felipe said, without naming her, that public figures shouldn’t
become rich by exploiting their positions.
The succession of
comments indicates an increasingly precarious position for the beleaguered
royal, whose husband Iñaki Urdangarin is also under investigation. Both he and his wife deny wrongdoing.
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