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Vindicator ago

You go gamepwn! :-)

You saw Trump retweeted a CDC video with a hidden Q in it? That was pretty Qool, too. Bunch of arrests in Saudi Arabia. King of Spain disinherited by his heir. So much winning!

kestrel9 ago

King of Spain disinherited by his heir.

Actually the heir renounced his inheritance.

http://archive.is/wLLRC

Spain's king renounces inheritance and cuts father's income over 'offshore fund'

Royal household responds after report named King Felipe as a beneficiary of an alleged offshore fund set up by his father in 2008...At the time, (former) king Juan Carlos was still in power.

Spain’s King Felipe VI has renounced his personal inheritance from his father and stripped the former king Juan Carlos of his annual stipend after it was alleged that Felipe VI was poised to receive millions of euros from a secret offshore fund with ties to Saudi Arabia.

The alleged offshore account, named as the Lucum Foundation, held around €65m in funds that were described as a “donation” from “the king of Saudi Arabia”, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The account was set up at an office in Panama city and tied to an account with Geneva’s Mirabaud private bank, the report added.

An investigation by Swiss prosecutors into another offshore fund allegedly tied to Juan Carlos, named Fondation Zagatka, sparked calls this month for Spain’s parliament to investigate the business dealings of the former king. The push was rejected by Spain’s Socialists and the two main parties on the right, who argued that any such probe would be unconstitutional.

According to newspaper La Tribune de Genève, prosecutors believe the fund could be linked to kickback payments after the former monarch helped to broker business deals with Saudi Arabia while in power.

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...Since taking the throne, Felipe has fought hard to regain the royal family’s footing and move past the calls for a referendum on the monarchy that greeted his proclamation. The task was made more difficult after his sister, the Infanta Cristina, was caught up in a financial scandal involving her husband, the former Olympic handball player Iñaki Urdangarín.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/15/spanish-king-renounces-inheritance-named-fathers-offshore-fund/ http://archive.is/jbpfv

Vindicator ago

LOL. It was late. :-)