he is the billionaire ruler of the UAE
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
she is his sixth wife and Jordanian
royalty Princess Haya they are rich
connected and horsey winning multiple
times at Royal Ascot but this spring the
Sheikh went alone
here's why Princess Haya was in family
court today asking for a non molestation
order and one to prevent her children
from being forced into marriage she's
hired the same lawyer as Prince Charles
in his divorce from Diana she fled the
Emirates last May ending up in this
mansion near Kensington Palace with her
two children setting in motion a
potentially explosive custody battle at
the high courts the leaked information
is coming from both sides so we had the
UAE saying that she was having an affair
with her security officer and then we
have her side saying that she actually
learned disturbing facts that caused her
to feel unsafe and fleeting UAE to
establish herself in United Kingdom this
custody case is reactivating another
battle royale in Sheikh Mohammed's life
one of his older daughters Princess
Latifah by another wife tried to escape
Dubai last year before being caught and
returned she was complaining of
mistreatment and oppression and her
cases now the subject of a UN Human
Rights investigation and are watching
this video it's not such a big thing
either I'm dead I'm very very very bad
situation Latifah was returned against
her will to the UAE yeah they put me in
prison and they tortured me she's been
seen in staged photos only once since
then Human Rights Watch is concerned for
her safety the ruling family of the
United Arab Emirates is a quite a
repressive
in each in the sense of the United Arab
Emirates is a police state it's one of
the most oppressive places to be in the
Gulf while at the same time appearing to
be an incredibly modern state Princess
Haya
had always maintained that Latifah was
loved and cared for within the family in
Dubai but then came her own sudden
departure and so far she's not publicly
explained why Susan ormiston CBC News
London