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Dubai ruler oversaw threats to wife and abduction of daughters, court rules
Legal rulings reveal campaign of intimidation by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the billionaire ruler of Dubai, orchestrated a campaign “aimed at intimidating and frightening” his former wife Princess Haya that included leaving a gun on her bed on two occasions, London’s High Court has ruled. The court, which is…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife – UK court
Abduction, forced return, torture and a campaign of intimidation. On Thursday the damning allegations made against the billionaire ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, by his former wife, Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain, became established fact, published in a series of judgements by Britain’s High Court. Following a high-profile case that began eight months…
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Tangled family life of Dubai’s ruler blown into the open
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, and close friend of the British royal family, is nothing if not conscious of his status. He is Dubai’s emblem: modern, adventurous, closely tied to the west, with a love for the high-tech and for bling. He also has deep…
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Dubai sheikh kidnapped daughters and intimidated cheating wife, judge rules
The billionaire ruler of Dubai kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives in fear of her life after discovering her affair with a bodyguard, a senior judge has ruled. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a friend of the Queen, may have broken UK and international criminal law, according to…
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Attempts to investigate missing Dubai princess were blocked, UK court finds
Police chief investigating abduction from Cambridge in 2000 prevented from travelling to Dubai to interview witnesses. The police chief investigating the abduction of the ruler of Dubai’s teenage daughter from the streets of Cambridge in 2000 was prevented from travelling to Dubai to pursue his criminal inquiries, a judgment has found. DCI David Beck of…
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Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters, threatened former wife: UK judge
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the abduction of two of his daughters and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his former wife, a British judge has ruled. Judge Andrew McFarlane said he accepted as proved a series of allegations made by Mohammed’s former wife, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, 45, half-sister of Jordan’s…
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Dubai emir trying to keep judgements in legal battle with Jordanian princess secret
Sheikh Mohammed attempting to stop publication of ruling concerning his children with Princess Haya, court told. The ruler of Dubai is trying to block the publication of two UK family court judgements in a case involving his children with the emir’s estranged wife Princess Haya. Lord Justice Underhill issued a statement on Wednesday at the…
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The Great Escape
Amid a rash of women fleeing oppressive families in the middle east, the case of Princess Latifa, who has tried to run away twice, has been splashed across headlines around the world. In exclusive interviews with her friends and family, Marie Claire goes behind the scenes of her last attempt and their fight to #FreeLatifa.…
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The inside story of the Dubai princess who fled from her billionaire father
Two years ago, Princess Latifa staged an escape from her repressed life in Dubai. It failed and she hasn’t been seen in public since. When we got in the car on the day of our escape, I turned to Latifa and said, ‘We’re like Thelma and Louise,’ says Tiina Jauhiainen, with a small smile at…
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“You’re Essentially a Prisoner”: Why Do Dubai’s Princesses Keep Trying to Escape?
First Princess Latifa tried to flee by boat and almost made it to India—before being sent back. Then Princess Haya, Sheikh Mohammed’s “public wife,” refused to return from England. Now the sheikh is battling her in court over their children. Amid the fine horses competing in this year’s Royal Ascot, the red-coated postilions driving the…