Spanish duke appears in court



PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain - Spanish King Juan Carlos’s son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin appeared in court Saturday in a corruption case that has caused a rare embarrassment for Spain’s royals. Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, arrived on foot at the high court on the island of Majorca, accompanied by his lawyer as scores of noisy anti-monarchy protestors demonstrated in the street nearby. The tall and lanky 44-year-old, a former Olympic handball player, is suspected of embezzling public money paid to a charity that was under his control. He has denied any wrongdoing.

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