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In 2012, King Juan Carlos transferred around €65m to her as 'a gift'. In 2020, Sayn-Wittgenstein, resident in the United
Kingdom, filed an harassment case in London against Juan Carlos, claiming he'd pressured her to return the money given to her after their break up in 2012. In 2022, Juan Carlos won
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In 2012, approximately $ 65 million (€57 million) was allegedly transferred from an account to zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn told investigators that the money was a donation from the former
Spanish monarch, whom Swiss prosecutors name as the first beneficiary of the Mirabaud
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For many years zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, used several offshore companies to move the money around that she received from different sources in order to keep private the purchase of mansions and houses based in places thousands of miles from her residence. The creation of this complicated web of
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an appeal that he had immunity from those allegations relating to 2012–2014 when he was still King. In 2023, the High Court of
England and Wales threw out the case on the grounds that it had no jurisdiction in the matter, but made no judgement as to the substance of the allegations.
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in 2004. News of her relationship with the king made international headlines in April 2012. She arranged and accompanied the monarch on an elephant-hunting safari at the
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as the head of 15 offshore companies. When the King fell, broke his hip and had to have emergency surgery, their affair was exposed via increased media scrutiny.
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bank account. Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn told investigators that the money paid for the refurbishment work at an
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companies or trusts was to hide the name of the real owner of certain properties and accounts with money.
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to a German mother, Ingrid Sauer, and a Danish father, Finn Bønning Larsen. Her father, born in 1920 in
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632:"Switzerland investigates €3.5m transfer from account held by Spain's emeritus king to The Bahamas"
740:"Corinna Larsen utilizĂł 12 sociedades en paraĂsos fiscales durante su relaciĂłn con Juan Carlos I"
715:"Spain's Former King Juan Carlos Was Never Supposed to Leave the Country. So Why Is He in Exile?"
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apartment in London. These refurbishments cost around £4 million pounds (€4,340,055).
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in 2004. The King of Spain subsequently hired her to arrange the honeymoon of his son
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688:"Qui est vraiment Corinna Larsen, l'ancienne amante de Juan Carlos?"
524:"King criticized after breaking hip on elephant-hunting expedition"
796:"King's friend Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein accused of usurpation"
488:"King's friend Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein accused of usurpation"
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826:"Royal Family In Trouble: Spanish Monarchy Mired In New Scandal"
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In August 2020, she was part of an investigation regarding a
926:"Juan Carlos: Court throws out ex-lover's €145m legal case"
146:; born 28 January 1964) is a Danish-German entrepreneur.
170:, the national airline of Brazil, from 1961 until 1991.
606:. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
886:"The king, his lover - and the elephant in the palace"
779:"A king's $ 65m gift and its link to sleepy village".
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225:It was in this capacity that she was introduced to
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154:Corinna Larsen was born on 28 January 1964 in
384:"Did Spanish spies harass ex-king's 'lover'?"
277:disclosure published in the German newspaper
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785:Comment and Analysis report by Mark Andrews.
574:"Corinna, su nueva vida 'alejada' de España"
249:hunt at the Duke of Westminster's estate in
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231:Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
115:Prince Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
855:"The downfall of Spain's Juan Carlos I"
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600:"Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn"
1010:People named in the Pandora Papers
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713:Vanderhoof, Erin (7 August 2020).
630:Irujo, JosĂ© MarĂa (13 July 2020).
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338:It is alleged that she became the
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1000:People named in the Panama Papers
884:Pressly, Linda (20 August 2020).
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135:Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
111:Philip Adkins (m. 1990 div. 1995)
36:Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
580:. Europa Press. 27 November 2014
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85:Director of Apollonia Associates
965:German people of Danish descent
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985:German women philanthropists
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211:Compagnie Générale des Eaux
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449:"King and Controversy"
300:Juan Carlos I of Spain
227:Juan Carlos I of Spain
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257:Apollonia Associates
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869:11 August
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388:BBC News
340:mistress
251:Botswana
247:elephant
209:role at
175:by right
160:Ballerup
125:Children
859:El PaĂs
835:16 July
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667:El PaĂs
636:El PaĂs
561:El PaĂs
528:El PaĂs
243:safaris
203:L'Oréal
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