After 25 years of marriage, four children and many, many legal worries, the Infanta Cristina of Spain has decided to end her union with former high-level handball player Iñaki Urdangarin. A few days ago, photos published in the Spanish press had set fire to the powder.
Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin celebrated last October their 25 years of marriage, but have just reached the end of the common path. This Monday, January 24, the Spanish magazine Hello at unveiled the couple’s press release revealing their separation. “It is by mutual agreement that we have decided to end our marital relationship. The commitment to our children remains intact. As this is a private decision, we ask for the utmost respect from everyone around us. “, could we read in the brief message signed by Cristina de Borbón and Iñaki Urdangarin. The couple have four childrenJuan born in 1999, Pablo born in 2000, Miguel in 2002 and Irene in 2005. What happened to the Infanta and the former handball champion who, a few weeks ago, were still walking around, smiling , together ?
A marriage that had so far withstood all the tests
The answer is simple and sadly banal. A few days ago the magazine Readings unveiled images of Iñaki Urdangarin with a blonde woman (which was not his). In the photos, the brother-in-law of the King of Spain is immortalized walking on a French beach in Bidart in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, very affectionate with his girlfriend. The latter would be Ainhoa Armentia, an accountant who works in the law firm where Iñaki Urdangarin performs… his work of general interest.
Because the husband of the Infanta accumulates worries and pans: in addition to being unfaithful, the former handball player had problems with the Spanish justice system in a case of embezzlement, rich in twists and turns, which has been going on since 2011. In 2018 he is eventually sentenced to prison and is incarcerated in Brieva prison, a hundred kilometers north of Madrid. To date he is the first and only member of a contemporary royal family to be incarcerated. An honor that Cristina would probably have done without, even if she always offered her husband his unconditional support. Asked about this affair, their son Pablo recently declared placidly: “It is a difficulty that we are going to have to manage together, quietly, as we have always done.”. His father meanwhile pleaded, laconic: “These are things that happen “. Clearly, Cristina was not on the same wavelength as hers.