MADRID, Feb. 24 (UPI) – The husband of Spain’s Princess Cristina will be the first royal in the country’s modern history to appear in court as part of a fraud investigation.

Inaki Urdangarin, 44, a commoner who became duke of Palma after a 1997 marriage, was subpoenaed by a judge investigating whether he and his business partners channeled millions of dollars in public funds into private companies, The New York Times reported Friday. He will appear in court Saturday.

Carmen Enriquez, national television’s royal correspondent for nearly two decades, said the investigation has hurt the image of the monarchy. Continue reading →