<p>Spain's Princess Cristina has been summoned to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, a court official said today, a historic blow to the prestige of the royal family including her father King Juan Carlos.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is the first time a member of the Spanish royal family has been called to appear in a court of law on suspicion of wrongdoing.<br /><br />The 47-year-old princess must testify as a suspect at the court in Palma on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca on April 27, the court official said on condition of anonymity.<br />"The royal household does not comment in any way on judicial decisions," a spokesman for the royal family told AFP.<br /><br />The case, opened at the end of 2011, centres on allegations of embezzlement and influence peddling against her husband Inaki Urdangarin and his former business partner, Diego Torres.<br /><br />The pair are suspected of syphoning off money paid by regional governments to stage sports and tourism events to the non-profit Noos Institute, which Urdangarin chaired from 2004 to 2006.</p>
<p>Spain's Princess Cristina has been summoned to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, a court official said today, a historic blow to the prestige of the royal family including her father King Juan Carlos.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is the first time a member of the Spanish royal family has been called to appear in a court of law on suspicion of wrongdoing.<br /><br />The 47-year-old princess must testify as a suspect at the court in Palma on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca on April 27, the court official said on condition of anonymity.<br />"The royal household does not comment in any way on judicial decisions," a spokesman for the royal family told AFP.<br /><br />The case, opened at the end of 2011, centres on allegations of embezzlement and influence peddling against her husband Inaki Urdangarin and his former business partner, Diego Torres.<br /><br />The pair are suspected of syphoning off money paid by regional governments to stage sports and tourism events to the non-profit Noos Institute, which Urdangarin chaired from 2004 to 2006.</p>