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Horseracing body urged to review sheikh’s status
The regulatory body of British horseracing has been urged to review whether it allows the ruler of Dubai to race his horses in the UK after a senior judge found that he kidnapped two of his daughters and left one of his wives in fear for her life. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a billionaire…
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Police to review kidnap of Dubai sheikh’s daughter
A police investigation into the kidnap of a teenage Arab princess is being reviewed for the second time after a judge found that the abduction was orchestrated by the powerful ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was accused in court of ordering his agents to abduct his 19-year-old daughter, Princess Shamsa, in Cambridge…
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Dark details of Dubai ruler’s private life laid bare by UK court case
Sheikh Mohammed’s reputation takes hit after his role in abduction of daughters is revealed. Parts of the ruling released by London’s High Court read like a thriller: a daring escape via dinghy, jet ski and yacht by a royal daughter attempting to escape the clutches of her domineering father. A princess caught in an affair…
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The failed escape: Sheikha Latifa’s doomed flight from Dubai
Three years ago, in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai, Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of the emirate’s ruler, plotted with close friend Tiina Jauhiainen to escape her father’s clutches.
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Robinson’s visit to Dubai in spotlight after UK court ruling
Finding UAE leader organised abduction of daughters goes against former president’s assertion. The dramatic finding by a UK family court that the ruler of Dubai organised the abduction of two of his daughters turns the focus again on a controversial intervention by Mary Robinson in relation to one of the women 15 months ago. The…
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Police were told to drop Dubai princess kidnap inquiry
A police investigation into the kidnapping of a teenage Arab princess after she escaped from her father’s British mansion was halted following interest by Tony Blair’s government. Princess Shamsa was 19 when she was snatched from a street in Cambridge in August 2000 and has been kept captive since by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum,…
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Princess Haya, the polished princess whose affair brought a storm of abuse
Princess Haya once personified the image of Dubai as an oasis of tolerance in a desert ruled by tribal conservatism. The marriage of the Jordanian princess to Dubai’s powerful ruler cemented connections between the royal families and led to her international role with the United Nations. After 15 years travelling the world selling the idealised…
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Judge: Dubai ruler threatened wife, had daughters abducted
Jill Lawless and Danica KirkaMarch 5, 2020, Associated Press News The ruler of Dubai conducted a campaign of fear and intimidation against his estranged wife and ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, a British judge ruled in documents that were unsealed Thursday. A judge at the High Court in London found that Sheikh…
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Dubai ruler kidnapped two of his daughters including Princess Latifa, British judge rules
The revelations emerge following a press battle over a dispute between Dubai’s ruler and his wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein. A British judge has found that the ruler of Dubai is responsible for the kidnapping and detention of two of his daughters, including Princess Latifa. The explosive revelations have emerged following a press battle…
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Princess Haya: I feared Dubai ruler would abduct my kids
Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein told London’s High Court that she feared her former husband, the ruler of Dubai, would abduct her two children, take them back to the Gulf Arab state and prevent her from ever seeing them again. Haya, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s King Abdullah, came to Britain with her two children in…