Urdangarín could travel to Qatar on a diplomatic passport even if the judge confiscates his own
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 @ 12:20 AM
EVEN if the courts confiscate Iñaki Urdangarín's passport, he will still be able to travel to Qatar to take up the job he has been offered, say sources from the Zarzuela Palace.
Despite having been withdrawn from public duties and his name and details scrubbed from the Royal family's website amid corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Nóos Institute, the King's son-in-law is still entitled to use a 'diplomatic' passport as he is still officially one of the Royals due to his marriage to the Infanta Cristina, daughter of the monarch.
Urdangarín has not confirmed either way whether he will take up the post of handball trainer for the Spanish team in Doha, but public clamouring – especially by the anti-corruption pressure group Manos Limpios ('clean hands') – calling for his passport to be taken off him while the trial continues was thought to mean that if the judge agreed, he would have to turn down the job.
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