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Coming soon in UK court: A royal battle between Dubai’s ruler and Jordan’s princess with an Indian twist
Princess Haya of Jordan and her estranged husband Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, have moved applications before a UK court for custody of their two children.
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‘Lives in danger’: Why Dubai’s princesses are fleeing
Three princesses in Dubai’s mega-rich royal family have fled the glittering realm of the powerful, but secretive Sheikh al Maktoum. Here’s why.
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Teen letter lays bare anguish of Shamsa Al Maktoum, the Dubai princess who vanished into thin air
A previously unseen note from the emir’s daughter gives a fresh insight into her attempt to escape his suffocating rule
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The runaway princess: London court case could shed light on a power struggle in the Middle East
A London court case could shed light on a power struggle in the Middle East … and reveal why the wife of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed is seeking asylum in the UK
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‘I Won’t Rest Until She’s Free’
Tiina Jauhiainen tried to help her best friend, Emirati Princess Latifa, escape from her stifling existence as the daughter of Dubai’s ruler. But in a dramatic intervention at sea, the princess was captured and returned to the UAE. A year later, Tiina is campaigning for her freedom, reports Radhika Sanghani
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The Fairy Tale Is Over for Dubai’s Royal Family
Sheikh Mohammed’s wife has fled her home—and that may just be the beginning of his troubles. Everything about the story of Haya bint al-Hussein has always been remarkable. The half-sister of the current Jordanian king, Princess Haya has long been the most publicly visible and widely known of the six wives of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh…
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The power struggle surrounding the UAE’s latest runaway princess
Legal battle lines have been drawn up for a court case in London at the end of this month in which unprecedented revelations are expected to be made about one of the most powerful monarchies in the Middle East. The case, involving the ruler of Dubai and his sixth wife, comes with some extraordinary chapters…
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Silks join campaign over missing Dubai princess
Two senior barristers have joined a legal campaign seeking the release of a Middle Eastern princess who was allegedly abducted on the orders of her father. The disappearance of Princess Latifa al-Maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, has been linked to the decision of her stepmother, Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, to seek sanctuary…
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Inside story: Princess Haya’s divorce and the Gulf royals caught between two worlds
Headlines have a way of coming back to haunt you. Two years ago, in an interview with the society magazine, Tatler, the glamorous Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, wife of the billionaire Emir of Dubai, was hailed as “changing the way women are perceived in the Middle East”. Alongside a picture of the 45-year-old Jordanian-born princess…
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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…