Scandal-hit Spanish princess spends €150,000 on furniture and curtains from public purse...

Princess Cristina of Spain, the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos, racked up a bill of nearly €150,000 ($207,000) on furniture and curtains to redecorate her villa — money allegedly taken from the public purse, Spanish press reported on Thursday.

Cristina and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin spent €138,834 in public funds to deck out their home in Barcelona with everything from sofas to rugs and curtains, Spain's El Mundo newspaper reported on Thursday.

The news comes in the wake of recent revelations the pair allegedly also used public money to pay for a €1,350 safari in South Africa and €5,160 for a weekend in Rome.

The latest details of their expenditure are part of ongoing investigations into the business dealings of Princess Cristina and Urdangarin via their consultancy firm Aizoon.

 The pair are suspected of embezzling up to €6 million from the non-profit sports institute Nóos and then diverting some of that money into Aizoon. Full story...

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