Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

In the summer of 2013, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, designated Sayn-Wittgenstein as a representative to attract business and conduct external relations for Monaco.

She is a friend of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and was allegedly his mistress. In 2012, she accompanied him on an elephant-hunting safari to Botswana.

She is being investigated for a participation of a multiple suspicious activities in relation with the former King of Spain Juan Carlos. In 2012, around $65 million (€57 million) was allegedly transferred from this account to Corinna Larsen, a Monaco-based businesswoman described as a close friend of Juan Carlos. Larsen has 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. In Spain, High Court Judge Manuel García Castellón and anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating these alleged payments amont other causes being investigated of using this money partially purchase and refurbish two apartments at the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Villars-sur-Ollon, and to acquire a mansion in north London worth £5 million (€5.4 million). Also as part of this activities; to the individuals under investigation – Larsen, Canonica and Fasana – the $64.8 million transfer to Larsen was “an irrevocable donation by the former king of Spain to his close friend.” Larsen told investigators that the money paid for the refurbishment work at the Eaton Square apartment. These refurbishments cost around £4 million pounds (€4,340,055).

In 1989, she married Philip Adkins, an English businessman. In 1992, they had a daughter, Anastasia. They were divorced three years later, in 1995. In 2000, she married German prince Johann Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, son of Alexander, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. In 2002, they had a son, prince Alexander Kyril. They divorced in 2005 but she keeps using his last name.

Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (née Larsen; born 28 January 1964) is a German philanthropist.

Corinna Larsen was born on 28 January 1964, Frankfurt, Germany. She is the daughter of Finn Bönning Larsen and Ingrid Sauer; she was born a Danish national.