Thunderbolt for the royal family of Spain. Infanta Cristina, married to Iñaki Urdangarin for almost twenty-five years, announced their separation in an official press release released by HOLA! : “We have mutually decided to end our marriage. Our love and devotion to our children will remain intact. Thank you for respecting our privacy and that of our loved ones in this difficult time.“. These words follow the clichés of Iñaki Urdangarin published in the Hispanic press last week. The husband of Cristina from Spain was having a good time on a beach in the Basque country in the company of another woman than his own. This The latter was identified as Ainhoa Armentia, one of his colleagues at the law firm he works in. It was at the entrance of the latter that Iñaki Urdangarin spoke for the first time on the scandal. Asked by journalists present on the spot, the husband of the Infanta Cristina had agreed to react: “These are things that happen. We are trying to get through this ordeal as best we can, all together and in the greatest calm, as we have always done.” he said. Arriving some time after Iñaki Urdangarin, Ainhoa Armentia declined to comment.
According to relatives at HOLA! magazine, Cristina from Spain was anything but surprised to discover her husband hand in hand with another since she “was aware“. However, “it’s a blow for her, she hasn’t been very well for a while” indicated a source to the media Vanitatis. The balance of the couple, already shaken by the Nòos affair, will not have survived this new blow.
In 2012, Iñaki Urdangarin was suspected of embezzlement, money laundering and counterfeiting with his company Nòos. Cristina from Spain was also in the sights of Justice. According to the latter, the Infanta was aware of the actions of her husband and therefore complicit in the facts of which she was accused. Despite the innocence they have never ceased to claim, Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarin were both condemned. The sister of King Felipe VI has a fine of 136,950 euros, Iñaki Urdangarin to 5 years and 10 months in prison. After a short tour behind bars, he finally came out free in 2021 to serve the rest of his sentence in a Madrid rehabilitation center under certain conditions, with permission to visit his family settled in Switzerland. Iñaki Urdangarin and Cristina from Spain are the parents of four children: Juan, 22, Pablo, 21, Miguel, 19 and Irene, 16.