[2][4] The King of Spain subsequently hired her to arrange the honeymoon of his son Felipe, Prince of Asturias and his new bride Princess Letizia.
[9] Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn told investigators that the money was a donation from the former Spanish monarch, whom Swiss prosecutors name as the first beneficiary of the Mirabaud bank account.
[9][12] For many years zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, used several offshore companies to move the money around that she received from different sources in order to keep private the purchase of mansions and houses based in places thousands of miles from her residence.
[2][5] The elephant-hunting trip she arranged came at an expense of €40,000 which was paid by Mohammed Eyad Kayali, advisor to the Saudi royal family, who, like zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, was named in the 2016 Panama Papers as the head of 15 offshore companies.
[18][neutrality is disputed] The King's fall, resulting in a broken hip and emergency surgery, brought increased media attention, leading to the exposure of their relationship.
[19] In 2020, Sayn-Wittgenstein, resident in the United Kingdom, filed a harassment case in London, alleging that Juan Carlos had sought the return of funds following their break-up in 2012.
[20] In 2023, the High Court of England and Wales threw out the case on the grounds that it had no jurisdiction in the matter, but made no judgement as to the substance of the allegations.