Royal inducement

The former king of Spain offered an anti-corruption group 2 million to drop tax fraud charges against his daughter, it has been claimed. Juan Carlos, who abdicated in 2014, allegedly offered the cash to Manos Limpias (Clean Hands), an organisation taking a private prosecution against Princess Cristina, 51, as an alleged accessory to tax evasion by her husband, according to a taped conversation published by Spanish newspaper El Mundo.