Joaquín Romero Maura
A one-time Oxford Don has been named as mystery beneficiary of a €10 million trust fund in the Channel Islands linked to the disgraced former king Juan Carlos of Spain.
Spanish prosecutors want to question Joaquín Romero Maura, 81, a respected author and former history professor at St Antony’s College, after discovering the Jersey fund while investigating Juan Carlos' unexplained wealth.
But Mr Maura, who is the only person who could legally authorise a transfer of the funds, may not be able to testify after he was traced to a Zaragoza care home, where he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.