King Philip VI is away from his sister withdrawal title … – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid .- King Philip VI completes its first year of reign with an unprecedented step in their quest to restore confidence of the Spaniards in the monarchy: the withdrawal of the title of Duchess of Palma de Mallorca her sister Cristina before it is judged in the context of a corruption case

The decision, announced by surprise late on. Thursday Spanish Royal Family, was picked up Friday in the Official Gazette (BOE) through a Royal Decree signed by the monarch and countersigned by the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy

, DPA said.

At the news, the lawyer of the Infanta Cristina, Miquel Roca, said his client had already said in a letter to the king his desire to renounce the duchy of Palma de Mallorca , a title that was granted in 1997. “renounced the use of this title and said so, and the king has acted accordingly,” said the lawyer.

From the Royal House, however, they confirmed that the letter arrived Thursday in La Zarzuela after the monarch communicated its decision by phone to his sister.

The alleged letter written handwritten by the princess, was published Friday in the journal La Vanguardia in its digital version. In it, Cristina expressed its “willingness to give” to the peerage and ensures that the decision because of “unfounded allegations” against him after “a long and painful reflection.”

The Spanish Government Mariano Rajoy said Friday his respect for the withdrawal of the Duchy of Palma Cristina de Borbon y Grecia and reported that no appeal against the provision.

“It is the king who is responsible for granting and where appropriate revoke the granting of securities linked to the Crown, “he said at a press conference the” number two “of the Government, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.

The decision of Philip VI is another step in its commitment to the proclamation speech offered the June 19, 2014 to the Spanish Cortes, in which he announced the start of “a renewed monarchy for a new time.”

Philip VI then began a distanced way of the scandals that tarnished the figure of his father, King Juan Carlos I, in recent years he was on the throne, and focused on the pursuit of transparency and modernity an institution questioned by a part of the Spanish public.

The new king forbade the Royal Family to receive gifts, favors or services on favorable terms. Salary also fell by 20% compared to that his father had approved a new code of conduct for the staff of the Royal Household.

But Cristina resistance to waive their rights dynastic puts you in a difficult position. The Infanta, sixth in line to the Spanish throne, will be the first member of the Spanish royal family that feels before a court in the dock on trial for which no date yet.

In December, he was tried by the judge as “necessary cooperator” in two tax offenses allegedly committed by her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, who is also on trial for having appropriated supposedly public money in the Nóos Institute, a public non-profit linked to the world of sport.

The so-called “case Nóos” was one of the main causes of the decline of the reign of Juan Carlos I, who abdicated a year ago in his son.