Infanta Cristina of Spain

Infanta Cristina of Spain (Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia, born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofia. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI’s children, her sister Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Elena’s children.

On 26 September 1997, on the occasion of her marriage to handball player Iñaki Urdangarín, she was created Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, by her father, King Juan Carlos. From 2013 to 2017, she was investigated for possible corruption involving a company owned by Cristina and her husband. In 2015, her brother stripped her of her royal dukedom. In 2017 she was acquitted of all charges.

Elena represented the Crown during the reign of her father. Since October 2011, she has remained apart from the royal family and any official act of the Crown and, since 2014, she is no longer a member of the royal family.

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