Ministers were last night facing calls to reveal what steps have been taken to investigate allegations made by a woman claiming to be the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, one of the world’s richest Arab leaders, that she was kidnapped from a street in Cambridge by members of the sheikh’s staff.

A young woman claims she was forced abroad in mystery involving leading Arab family

Police are investigating allegations that the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, one of the world’s richest Arab leaders, and a horse racing friend of the Queen, was kidnapped and returned to Dubai from the UK by members of her father’s staff.