An ex-lover of Spain's former King has told a High Court judge that she wants more than £126 million in damages after making harassment claims.

Danish businesswoman Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, 58, is suing Juan Carlos, 85, in London and says the amount she is claiming will not surprise him.

Mrs Justice Collins Rice is overseeing the latest stage of the litigation at a High Court hearing in London.

Lawyers representing Juan Carlos, who denies harassment, have asked the judge to dismiss Ms zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn's claim.

They say she wants more than £126 million - including more than £112 million for 'loss of business and income' - and argue that she has no 'realistic' prospect of success.




Ms zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn pictured leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday





The former king of Spain Juan Carlos has asked a High Court judge to dismiss the £126million damages claim made by ex-lover Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 

Ms zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who has homes in England, has told the judge in a written witness statement that she had earned 'significant' sums working as a 'strategic consultant' and CNC-Bearbeitungsmaschine nach Maß kaufen helped clients including Volkswagen develop business relationships in jurisdictions where they were not established.

She says she wants to hold Juan Carlos to account for the 'harm caused to my mental health by his harassment' and to hold him responsible for the 'full financial consequences of his actions'.