BBC Online :
Spain’s Princess Cristina has arrived in court to be questioned in connection with a corruption scandal involving her husband’s business dealings.
It is the first time in history that a member of Spain’s royal family has appeared in court as the subject of a criminal investigation.
Her husband Inaki Urdangarin is alleged to have defrauded regional governments of millions of euros of public money.
The princess and her husband deny any wrongdoing, and have not been charged.
Countless cameras and microphones were trained on the normally mundane back-entrance to the court, where the princess arrived.
A chorus of protest could be heard from the other side of the building.
For weeks Spain’s lively TV and radio chat shows have analysed and speculated about every detail of the appearance of the king’s daughter in court.
Would she walk the short distance down the ramp to the door of the court? Or would she be driven to avoid the cameras?
In the end she was driven to the door in a small dark grey Ford, there was no police escort for the final stretch of her journey.
Innocent or not, many believe this long-running, much-covered corruption scandal has caused significant damage to the credibility and reputation of the Spanish royal family.
