A WOMAN who claims she is the illegitimate daughter of the abdicated King Juan Carlos I has had her case accepted by the Supreme Court.
Belgian national Ingrid Sartiau says she has DNA evidence to show that she and Barcelona resident Alberto Solá Jiménez share the same father, and that it is 91% reliable.
Alberto's paternity suit against the former King has not been admitted, but his own DNA sample, he claims, shows a 99% reliability and is a match for Juan Carlos I.
Both the plaintiffs say their mothers told them they had had 'flings' with the Monarch, who was known to have 'sown his wild oats' in his younger days, leading to a breakdown of his still-current marriage to Queen Sofía, from whom he lives separately.
Spain's prosecution board said they did not believe the claims and tried to stop the case going to court, without success.
As King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofía, the current reigning Monarchs King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and their eldest daughter, Princess Leonor of Asturias are 'legally immune', any legal cases against them have to go straight to the Supreme Court, the highest in the land.
So far, Alberto Solá has been unable to get his heard as lower courts were not authorised to examine the claims and the Supreme Court has consistently rejected the case since the 1990s.
But if Alberto's paternity claim were to be found in his favour, the implications would be far more earth-shattering for the Royal family than if Ingrid turned out to be the King's daughter.
Alberto is older than Felipe VI, meaning the illegitimate son would automatically become King of Spain and Felipe VI would be forced off the throne.
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