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Princess Latifa: ‘Hostage’ ordeal of Dubai ruler’s daughter revealed
The daughter of Dubai’s ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her “hostage” as she feared for her life. In footage shared with BBC Panorama, Princess Latifa Al Maktoum says commandos drugged her as she fled by boat and flew her…
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SET HER FREE Dubai ruler DID imprison daughter princess Latifa and must be brought to justice, says UN
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter Princess Latifa, 34, two years ago after she fled the emirate he rules, according to a judgement by the UK High Court in March. Yet despite worldwide publicity and her plight being featured in an award-winning BBC documentary – Escape from…
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Dubai ruler’s ‘imprisoned’ daughter Princess Latifa remains in ‘grave danger’ as family begs UN to save her
The United Nations is being urged to take “decisive action” to protect “imprisoned” Princess Latifa of Dubai who lawyers believe is in “grave danger” at the hands of her billionaire father. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter two years ago after she fled the country he rules,…
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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…
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Dubai: Princess Haya’s flight to UK threatens diplomatic crisis
Wife of sheikh is said to fear kidnap after disappearances of other female royals Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein’s flight to Britain is threatening to provoke a diplomatic crisis as her husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and a key UK ally in the Gulf, faces mounting criticism over his family’s…
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Neighbours rail against sheikh as fence ‘flouts planning rules’
The ruler of Dubai has been accused of showing “cynical disregard” for planning laws by erecting a two-metre high spiked metal fence around his country estate in Surrey.