Court gives Spanish princess' husband 5 days to go to prison

MADRID – Judicial authorities have informed the brother-in-law of Spain's King Felipe VI that he has to enter prison within five days to serve a sentence of five years and 10 months for fraud and tax evasion, among other crimes.

Public broadcaster TVE showed Inaki Urdangarin arriving Wednesday by car at the Palma de Mallorca court after landing on a commercial flight from Geneva, where the 50-year-old lives with his wife, Princess Cristina.

The provincial court ruled last year that Urdangarin embezzled about 6 million euros ($7 million) by exploiting his "privileged status" in the royal family to obtain public contracts related to sports events.

Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the lower court's decision, but acquitted him of forgery and reduced his prison sentence by five months.

Cristina was fined for benefiting from her husband's crimes.