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‘Kidnapped’ Princess Latifa pictured at Madrid airport
Friends of a Dubai princess who claimed to have been kidnapped and held captive by her billionaire father are suspending a campaign to free her after a photograph appeared to show her on holiday in Spain with a British teacher. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, appeared in the…
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Has Dubai’s Missing Princess Latifa Surfaced for Good?
In 2018, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum tried to flee Dubai by boat. Her father is Dubai’s ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and the dramatic plan to sail across the Indian Ocean was scuttled when soldiers detained her and brought her back to Dubai. Latifa then went troublingly quiet, eventually prompting a United Nations…
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Dubai ruler’s Kildare stud receives €225,000 in state grants
A stud farm in Kildare owned by Dubai’s billionaire ruler received more than €225,000 in state grants last year. Godolphin Ireland, owned by the Al Maktoum family, received the third largest agricultural subsidy of 2020, according to data published by the Department of Agriculture. It received €222,277 in direct farm payments under the common agriculture…
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Camera ‘is lying’ in pictures of Dubai princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum
Two British women who published photographs of nights out with a missing Dubai princess were ordered to do so, a source close to her has claimed, raising fresh fears for the 35-year-old’s health. Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed, claimed in videos leaked to the media in February that she…
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Princess Latifa ‘free’ as lawyers target Dubai sheikh
The British government has been asked to impose sanctions on the ruler of Dubai for the abduction of his daughter who appears to have been freed from her “villa jail”. Photographs of Princess Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum have been released more than three years after she was seized from a yacht while trying to escape…
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New photo shows missing Dubai princess with friends
A Middle Eastern princess kidnapped at sea while trying to escape her powerful billionaire father has appeared in a photograph sitting outside a cinema in a Dubai mall with her friends. Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum — daughter of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — claimed in videos shared with the media in…
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The Derby, the Sheikh and the Missing Princess (Or: How Human Rights Became the Talk of a Horse Race)
The ruler of Dubai has spent a fortune pursuing Kentucky glory. In Essential Quality, Saturday’s favorite, he has his best chance—but it comes at his ugliest moment. The select yearling sale at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., is where the world’s big players converge each year to throw staggering sums of money at thoroughbred…
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We Know Where the Sheikh’s Horse Is. But Where Is His Daughter?
For nearly 40 years, Dubai’s ruler has spent vast sums here in central Kentucky. On thousands of acres of lush bluegrass with gently rolling hills mapped by limestone and plank fences. On horses — stallions and mares to populate his farms with foals and yearlings purchased in the sales ring. All in pursuit of winning a…
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Dubai defies UN plea for Princess Latifa
The ruler of Dubai has refused to co-operate with United Nations investigators who want to know whether his adult daughter, who was recaptured at sea after trying to run away, is still alive. A panel of UN human rights experts said they were demanding “meaningful information” on the conditions in which Princess Latifa bint Mohammed…
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Mary Robinson welcomes UN call for information on Princess Latifa’s fate
Former Irish president Mary Robinson has welcomed a call by UN human rights experts for “meaningful information” on the fate of Princess Latifa of Dubai. The UN has urged the United Arab Emirates to provide concrete proof “without delay” that Princess Latifa, a daughter of Dubai’s ruler and who is reportedly being held in detention, is alive. Ms Robinson, a former UN…