Former Spain king ‘gave lover €1.75m to set up secret home’
SPAIN’S former king Juan Carlos gave his ex-mistress close to €1.75 million (£1.6 million) to set up an exclusive love nest home in a picturesque Swiss resort, it has been reported.
It is the latest controversy surrounding Juan Carlos, who last week saw his palace salary cut off by his son after The Daily Telegraph revealed secret offshore funds. According to El
País, the newspaper, a fund based in Panama set up by Juan Carlos ordered transfers to companies and accounts under the name of Corinna zu Saynwittgenstein to pay for their flat in Villars-sur-ollon.
Robin Rathmell, lawyer for Ms Saynwittgenstein, said yesterday that the manner in which his client “chooses to allocate her capital, including the unsolicited gift she received in 2012, is her private business”.