Spain's scandal-hit former king Carlos settles over £600,000 tax bill

Ex-monarch settles tax arrears including fines and interest, according to his lawyers

Spain's former king Juan Carlos, who left his homeland under a cloud of scandal in August, has settled a back tax bill worth over 678,000 (611,388) including interest and fines, his lawyers said on Wednesday.

The lawyers, in a statement, provided no details about the back taxes . But the newspaper El Pais in an earlier report said the former monarch sought to settle certain alleged illegal credit card transactions with the revenue service to avoid being charged in an investigation and to be enable his return to Spain.