Queen Sofia of Spain has won an apology from an online dating agency for adulterers after it used her image in an advertising campaign mocking her husband's rumoured marital indiscretions.
The 74-year-old Greek-born wife of King Juan Carlos took legal action against the US-based agency, Ashley Madison, for "damage to her honour and dignity" after it used a photograph of her in a series of advertisements last year.
The company, which specialises in connecting people looking for extramarital affairs, has issued a personal apology to Queen Sofia and promised never to use her image in its marketing campaigns.
The offending advertisements contained a doctored image of the smiling Queen draped around the bare shoulders of a much younger man, beneath the slogan in Spanish: "You no longer have to spend the night alone".
Published first in February 2012 and then again last October, it apparently referred to widespread allegations that King Juan Carlos had conducted numerous affairs during their 50-year marriage.
