Spain's Princess Cristina to stand trial in landmark corruption case

Spain's Princess Cristina and her husband Inaki Urdangarin are to go on trial in a landmark corruption case centred on the shady business deals of the Noos Institute, a charitable organisation based in Palma. - AFP/File / Attila Kisbenedek

Palma (Spain) (AFP) - Spain's Princess Cristina and her husband go on trial Monday under intense global media scrutiny in a landmark corruption case that has outraged the country and sullied the monarchy's reputation.

Cristina, a 50-year-old mother-of-four with a master's degree from New York University, will be the first Spanish royal to face criminal charges in court since the monarchy was reinstated following the 1975 death of dictator General Francisco Franco.