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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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Randa al-Banna interview: ‘Our baby is now in her forties. The emir still won’t let me near’
The first wife of Dubai’s ruler says she was kicked out of the country when her marriage ended in the 1970s — and hasn’t seen her daughter since. When Randa al-Banna met the prince, she had no idea who he was. It was 1972, she was 16 years old and she had just been expelled…
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Could this court case unlock the mystery of Dubai’s missing princesses Latifa and Shamsa?
To the outside world, Princess Latifa of Dubai appeared to live a life of unbridled luxury. Whether it was skydiving over one of the world’s most scenic deserts or filming the exotic pets that ran free in her mother’s palace, she always appeared smiling, happy and carefree, at least on social media. Yet in February…
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Inside the lavish but medieval world of Dubai’s sheikh
A court case in London is expected to lay bare the reality of life in the UAE. “Discover all that’s possible”, urges the official Dubai tourist website, encouraging visitors to escape to the city state for a sun-soaked holiday
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Dubai royal couple’s divorce is fraught with complications
When the glamorous, estranged, 46-year-old Princess Haya of Dubai quickly retreated, not to the welcoming bosom of her Jordanian family but straight to the British courts to try to keep custody of her children, a harsh spotlight was firmly beamed onto the patriarchal societies of the Middle East. For more than a decade, Haya used…
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Dubai’s Princess Haya wants protection from the glitzy city’s ruler. She’s not the first.
An ongoing international custody battle between Dubai’s ruler and one of his wives has undermined the deliberately cultivated image of the city as a playground for Western tourists that embraces modern sensibilities in an overwhelmingly conservative part of the world. For many outside the Middle East, Dubai has developed a reputation as a glitzy, cosmopolitan…
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Court hearings begin in Princess Haya divorce case against powerful Dubai ruler
The billionaire ruler of Dubai and his sixth wife are locked in a matrimonial dispute in a London courtroom that could tear apart one of the Middle East’s most powerful families and cause political fallout across the region. Princess Haya bint al-Hussein left the royal palace in Dubai for Germany last month and then headed…
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Dubai princess seeks forced marriage protection order in UK
Princess Haya embroiled in court proceedings with ruler of city over welfare of their 2 children. Princess Haya, the estranged wife of the billionaire ruler of Dubai, has made an application to a London court for a forced marriage protection order for one of her children as part of a high-profile family dispute.
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Dubai princess seeks forced marriage protection order in UK
Princess Haya embroiled in court proceedings with ruler of city over welfare of their 2 children
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Dubai ruler and wife take royal row to London court
Sensitive case for UAE thrusts personal life of Sheikh Mohammed back into headlines