Spain’s Princess Cristina appeared in court on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her husband’s business affairs finally went to trial.

Princess Cristina and her husband have arrived at court for the start of a historic trial which marks the first time a member of Spain’s royal family has faced criminal charges since the monarchy was restored in 1975.

Spain’s Princess Cristina will stand trial on tax fraud charges on January 11, a court has announced.

Spain’s King FelipeVI has stripped his sister Princess Cristina of her title as Duchess of Palma de Mallorca in the latest move to distance the royal family from the princess as she awaits trial for tax fraud.

Dan MacCarthy goes to the Algarve on the southern end of Portugal to discover a more energetic side of the perennially popular holiday region.

Expectant mum Lisa Ralph wanted “the Rolls Royce of buggies” for her first baby and went for the ultimate status symbol in baby carriers, a court heard yesterday.

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A Spanish judge has ordered the king’s sister, Princess Cristina, to be tried along with her husband on charges of tax fraud.

Princess Cristina, the sister of Spain’s King Felipe VI, will become the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock after a judge yesterday ordered her to be put on trial on charges of tax fraud.

A Spanish judge has ordered the king’s sister, Princess Cristina, to be tried along with her husband on charges of tax fraud.

Italy’s Catholic establishment has expressed outrage after a nun who won the Italian edition of The Voice last June this week released her first album featuring a cover of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’.

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A Spanish judge moved closer to indicting Princess Cristina, the sister of newly proclaimed King Felipe VI, paving the way for a historic trial in a corruption and embezzlement investigation centring on her husband.

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Tune into TV3 at 7.30pm for live coverage of the Uefa Champions League quarter-final, second-leg match at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.

Tune into TV3 at 10pm tonight to watch The Pipe. The story of a rural community in Co Mayo in Ireland that has been battling the oil giant Shell over their plans to put a raw gas pipeline through the community.

Chelsea play host to Turkish champions Galatasaray in the return leg of their Uefa Champions League round of 16 tie at Stamford Bridge with the tie poised at 1-1.

Spain’s princess Cristina testified today in a historic judicial hearing aimed at helping determine whether she and her husband illegally used company funds for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their modernist Barcelona mansion.

On a picture perfect spring day in 2009, Spain’s Princess Cristina and her husband held a First Communion celebration bash at their modernist Barcelona mansion with drinks and nibbles served from huge party tents on the sprawling grounds. The cost: €4,591.

Princess Cristina, the younger daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos, has been charged with tax fraud and money-laundering, piling further scandal on the once-beloved but increasingly unpopular royal family.

The 62nd Opera Festival, in Wexford, was true to form in unearthing rarely heard works.

THE 62nd Wexford Festival Opera opens this evening and continues to Nov 3.

Doctors have begun operating on Argentina president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s skull to siphon out blood that is pressuring her brain two months after she suffered an unexplained head injury.

The last time Derbyshire-born hard man Jason Statham shed a tear on camera, he was probably recoiling from a swift kick to his expendables in one of the testosterone-fuelled action thrillers that have become his trademark.

Uruguay’s president Jose Mujica was left red-faced after disparaging remarks apparently aimed at Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner and her late husband were picked up by an open microphone.

A Spanish court has named the king’s daughter princess Cristina as a suspect in a corruption case involving her husband.

Protesters jeered the Spanish king’s son-in-law today as he arrived for questioning by a judge about allegations he and a partner funnelled away millions of euros through fraudulent deals.

Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital in one of the country's biggest anti-government protests in more than a decade.

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In a bold move to gain control of Argentina’s energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner pushed forward a bill to renationalise the country’s largest oil company despite fierce criticism from abroad and the risk of a major rift with Spain.

The subdued reaction to the brutal murder of Marioara Rostas suggests that an undercurrent of racism is ingrained in Irish attitudes, writes Killian Forde

Argentina’s president was recovering tonight after an operation to remove her cancerous thyroid gland.

A JUDGE subpoenaed the son-in-law of Spain’s King Juan Carlos to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, deepening a public relations nightmare for the royal family at a time of acute economic crisis.

The son-in-law of Spain’s King Juan Carlos has been summoned to appear before a judge as a suspect in a corruption case.

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Allen returns to – nearly – his best form with this romantic comedy that, surely, will please the Spanish Tourist Board … seldom has Barcelona or the Spanish countryside looked more glorious.

Woody Allen will talk about his new film 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' at the Cannes Film Festival today.

ENDLESS driving around looking for an empty street parking space could become a thing of the past thanks to technology developed by researchers in Sligo.

Cristina Fernandez was being sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president today, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure continued recovery from an economic meltdown.

Argentina’s first lady closed her presidential campaign by praising her husband’s achievements as the country’s leader.

Late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti removed his wife's name from the ownership of his $16.8m (€12m) mansion two months before he died.