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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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Sheikha Shamsa: Dubai princess a ‘prisoner’ 20 years after failed attempt to flee
Sheikha Shamsa was 19 when she took a car and fled, but just weeks later she was found and sent back to Dubai — never to be seen again.
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Runaway Princess Haya is just the latest in sheikh’s family to flee
It all began when a teenage girl in Surrey ran away from home 19 years ago. She was found a few weeks later and not much more was heard about her. If she had been a normal girl, that would have been that. But the temporary disappearance of Sheikha Shamsa al-Maktoum, now 37, daughter of…
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Sheikh’s wife ‘flees’ to London home
The younger wife of the ruler of Dubai is believed to be staying in a town house near Kensington Palace after fleeing her marriage to the billionaire race horse owner.
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Afternoons With Andy Maher: Interview with Lisa Bloom
US Attorney Lisa Bloom discusses Sheikha Latifa, Sheikh Mohammed, and racing giant Godolphin with Andy Maher.
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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.
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Hän halusi pelastaa prinsessan
Pako alkoi aamulla kello 6.45. Tiina Jauhiainen pysäköi ystävältä lainatun pakoauton Dubai Mall -ostoskeskuksen lähelle. Jauhiainen nousi Audista ja käveli La Serre -nimisen kahvilan edustalle. Siinä hän tapasi Latifa Al Maktoumin. Ystävykset odottivat, että Al Maktoumin autonkuljettaja lähtee. Sen jälkeen Dubain hallitsijasukuun kuuluva prinsessa Al Maktoum asteli kahvilan vessaan ja heitti mustan abayan ja puhelimensa…
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Sheikh's missing daughter 'stayed at flat in London'
The crown prince of Dubai’s daughter, who was allegedly kidnapped by members of her father’s staff, is believed to have been staying with an Australian friend in London shortly before her alleged abduction back to her father’s palace in Dubai.
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Unruly daughter of wealthy sheikh made a bid for freedom. But what happened next?
Young woman evaded perimeter guards and video cameras to slip through open gate
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Sheikh's daughter escaped family's UK home before 'kidnap'
The teenage daughter of the billionaire Crown Prince of Dubai dodged security guards and fled from her father’s vast private estate in Surrey in a Range Rover, her friends have told the Guardian.