I’m saying no one cares about Cristina attending family functions. She’s done so for years now, presumably will continue to attend events when she wants to and it’s not the “scandal” some have tried to make it out to be.
Inaki’s dealings are a completely different matter. I don’t condone what he did and expect that he will spend some time in prison for his actions. Unlike some, though, I actually have no trouble believing Cristina didn’t realize what he was doing because I know so many women - of that generation and even younger - who are well educated and have their own careers, but who are basically financially illiterate and have been brought up to expect their husband to manage the “big picture” finances while they take care of the daily expense side of things. Inaki was working with Diego Torres, who has a background that would have been reassuring to Cristina. One of the employees from the royal household was doing the couple’s taxes. Her secretary also employed by the royal household was I believe on the board of the corporation. And of course there’s the figure of JC in the background, apparently totally ignorant of his son in law’s actions and shocked - SHOCKED - at such shenanigans. I don’t buy that. I think JC knew what Inaki was doing and Cristina trusted Inaki, her father and the so called professionals they were associating with to know what they were doing. That makes her naive, even stupid, but not deserving of the pummeling she’s received for years now.
Given the much, much larger corruption issues that seem to be common in Spain, not to mention even more important issues the country is facing with regard to Catalonia, etc, I don’t think people should especially care about Inaki, Cristina OR what’s happening with Letizia. But if people only focused on what’s truly important no one would bother with the royal family at all.
Regarding Leonor - people all over social media, comments sections on news site of every political leaning, Instagram accounts, etc are talking about how rude Leonor was and how she’s clearly her mother’s daughter. And these aren’t isolated comments. The worst and most potentially damaging thing this incident has done is make many people in Spain associate Leonor with her mother. That’s not a good thing. And it’s likely completely unfair to both Leonor and her mother, inaccurate and melodramatic, but there you go. People don’t forget - in the age of social media they couldn’t forget even if they wanted to. If I were Felipe I wouldn’t be so concerned about Letizia - she is what she is at this point, good or bad, and in the end she’s just the consort - as I would be about Leonor. IMO she and just her father need to start doing some low key, non scripted events where he stands back a little and lets Leonor show everyone what a pleasant, well brought up young girl she actually is, (fingers crossed). And it should start to happen soon.
