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Spain's Infanta Cristina (left) and her husband Inaki Urdangarin speak during the finals of the Barcelona Open tennis tournament in Barcelona in this April 29, 2007 file photo. The case is linked to the business affairs of Cristina’s husband, former Olympic handball player Inaki Urdangarin, 46. Pic: ReutersMADRID: A judge will quiz Spanish King Juan Carlos’s youngest daughter Cristina on Saturday over fraud allegations in a corruption scandal — a historic first for the troubled royal family.

Long thought untouchable as a royal, Cristina, 48, now faces public scrutiny over accusations of tax fraud and money-laundering that have fuelled doubts over the future of the monarchy.

The judge on the island of Majorca will question Cristina, seventh in line to the throne, as a suspect in a judicial probe — one step towards a possible trial.

It is the first time in Spain’s modern history that a direct member of the royal family has been summoned to court accused of wrongdoing.

The case is linked to the business affairs of Cristina’s husband, former Olympic handball player Inaki Urdangarin, 46.

He is under investigation for alleged embezzlement of public funds. Neither he nor Cristina have yet been formally charged with any crime and both deny wrongdoing.

But the investigating judge Jose Castro wrote in his summons: “The fiscal crimes that Urdangarin is accused of could hardly have been committed without at least the knowledge and acquiescence of his wife.”

Castro has spent more than two years investigating allegations that Urdangarin and a former business partner embezzled