€2000/Day : Infanta in court and residents cash in to 'rent a view' to reporters
Monday, January 20, 2014 @ 11:40 AM
HOMEOWNERS and traders on the C/ Parellades in Palma de Mallorca are hoping to make a healthy wad of cash on Saturday, February 8 when the King and Queen's youngest daughter testifies in court after having been charged in relation to the Nóos money-laundering case.
For the first time in Spain's modern history, a member of the Royal family will be cross-examined in her capacity as accused party in a criminal trial.
Whilst the State prosecutor and judge José Castro have come to blows over the charges levied against the Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma – the former considering the accusations are merely 'because of who she is' and lacking in proper legal grounds – residents with balconies or windows that overlook the court building are filled with excitement and rubbing their hands together.
TV and press reporters will be contacting them to rent a view for the day in the hope of snapping a lucrative shot of the Infanta as she makes her way into the court building, and the going rate is said to be in region of 2,000 euros for the day...
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