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Spanish court accepts paternity claim against former King

Xinhua, January 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted a paternity claim against the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I.

The claim has been imposed on the 77-year-old former King, who abdicated last June in favor of his son Felipe VI, by a Belgian woman, Ingrid Jeanne Sartiau, who claims to be his daughter, according to Spanish media reports.

It is the first lawsuit to be allowed against Juan Carlos since he lost his total legal immunity as a result of his abdication. The court, however, rejected a second paternity suit by Alberto Sola Jimenez, a Spaniard in his late 50's, despite the result of DNA tests carried out in 2012 which showed there was a 91 percent chance that Sola and Sartiau had one parent in common.

The Spanish Royal Household declined to comment on the decision beyond expressing "respect" to the independence of the judiciary. Endti