Spanish King’s brother-in-law faces prison

Supreme Court upholds sentence on charges of tax fraud and embezzlement

Former Olympic handball player and husband of Spain's Princess Cristina, Inaki Urdangarin, leaves court last year
(Image credit: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images)

Spain’s highest court has upheld a prison sentence against the King’s brother-in-law, in a ruling that could send a member of the country’s royal family to jail for the first time in modern history.

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