Spanish Supreme Court investigates the former Spanish King, Juan Carlos I, and his financial ties with Saudi family
The oil-rich Saudi royal family has been implicated in making illicit payments of millions of dollars to Juan Carlos, a powerful European monarch who is celebrated for theThe country’s top prosecutor indicated on Monday that it will investigate the former Spanish king for alleged payments to him by the Saudi family.
Former Spanish King Juan Carlos reacts next to his wife former Queen Sofia as they attend a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish Constitution at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, December 6, 2018. But a ruling king has no responsibility for his actions according to the Spanish constitution, which effectively prevents any charges, prosecution and investigation against him on the grounds that he is the head of the state.
The Saudi kickback plot also contains a romantic affair involving Juan Carlos and a German philanthropist, Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Since then, a cold war between Sayn-Wittgenstein and the royal family has raged. At the heart of the friction, is the deliberate circulation of crucial information regarding some of the king’s allegedly illicit finance operations. His former lover is accused of being behind this.
Spanish regional newspapers announce the abdication of Spanish King Juan Carlos, on his portrait beside with his son, Prince Felipe, and his granddaughter, Leonor, in Pamplona northern Spain, June 3, 2104. not a bribe or anything like the $100 million given to Juan Carlos by the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
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