Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein: The Dubai royal 'hiding in London.
Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum,
has left her husband - a highly unusual move for a senior royal in the UAE.
She has applied for a protection order in the High Court in London, and is seeking wardship
of her children.
Sources told the BBC she was in fear for her life as she prepared for the court battle
with her husband.
She is said to be hiding in a townhouse in central London.
She was conspicuously absent from Royal Ascot this year, despite being an Olympic rider
and a regular at races.
Growing up Princess Haya was born in May 1974. Her father
was King Hussein of Jordan, and her mother was Queen Alia al-Hussein. She was just three
years old when her mother was killed in a helicopter crash in the south of the country.
The current ruler of Jordan, King Abdullah II, is her half-brother.
The princess spent a lot of time in the UK as a child. She was educated at two private
schools, Badminton School in Bristol and Bryanston School in Dorset, before studying Politics,
Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University.
She has previously told interviewers that she has a passion for falconry, shooting and
heavy machinery, and she claims to be the only woman licensed to drive heavy trucks
in Jordan.
She took up horse riding as a young girl and found a passion for the sport, and in her
20s she pursued a career as a full-time professional equestrian athlete. The highlight of her riding
career came when she represented Jordan in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and was her country's
flag bearer.
'I am lucky to be close to him'
On 10 April 2004, aged 30, Princess Haya married Sheikh Mohammed - the vice president and prime
minister of the UAE, and the ruler of Dubai. He was 53 at the time, and Princess Haya was
his sixth and "junior" wife. He reportedly has 23 children by his different wives.
Like her, he was keen on horses: he was the founder and owner of Godolphin horse-racing
stables. The couple were wed in a ceremony in Amman. In the years since, Princess Haya
has spoken effusively in public about her relationship with Sheikh Mohammed, painting
a picture of perfect family life.
"Every day I am amazed by the things he does," she told Emirates Woman magazine in 2016.
"Every single day I thank god that I am lucky enough to be close to him."
But cracks appeared to show last year when Sheikha Latifa, one of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters,
tried to flee the country. In a video that spread worldwide, the 33-year-old princess
claimed she and her family "did not have freedom of choice" in their lives, and that she had
been subjected to abuse.
Sheikha Latifa reportedly escaped the UAE by sea with the help of a Frenchman, but was
intercepted by armed men off the coast of India and returned to Dubai. In December,
photos were released of her sitting next to the former Irish president Mary Robinson at
home in the emirate.
The authorities in Dubai insisted Sheikha Latifa had been "vulnerable to exploitation"
and was "now safe in Dubai". At the time, Princess Haya echoed the statement, saying
it was "unimaginable that this thing has gone so far from the truth".
But now, just over six months later, sources close to Princess Haya told the BBC that she
had discovered disturbing facts about Sheikha Latifa's attempt to flee and been subjected
to increasing hostility and pressure from members of her husband's extended family.
She reportedly no longer felt safe, and fled to Germany before moving on to the UK with
her children.
She has now applied for a forced marriage protection order and a non-molestation order
in the UK High Court in London - as well as wardship of her children.
Her husband has not responded formally to reports about their marriage. He did post
on Instagram on 10 June, accusing an unidentified woman of "treachery and betrayal".
In court, he has asked for his children to be returned to Dubai.
Princess Haya is said to be living in an �85m ($107m) house in Kensington Palace Gardens.
Jordanian Princess Haya pushing Britain-UAE relations towards bitterness.
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the controversial daughter of Jordan�s former ruler King Hussein
is using her special relations with Princess Charles in influencing the British policymakers
in openly favoring her in her attempt of extorting US$ 8 billion from Dubai�s ruler Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Meanwhile, Haya�s full brother, Prince Ali, who also
is a drug addict and known in Jordan as one of the most corrupt individuals is already
in London and helping Princess Haya in buying media�s favor as well as support from influential
figures in British socio-political circles.
It may be mentioned here that, Princess Haya is currently battling with her husband Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum with the motives of getting a divorce and extorting billions
of dollars as the sixth wife of the Dubai ruler already is in romantic relations with
Russell Flowers � her former bodyguard and a soldier of the British Army.
Meanwhile, several influential figures from the Middle East are reportedly maintaining
discreet communication with Princess Haya and the Jordanian rulers offering support
and fund in exchange of exposing secrets of the UAE royals, particularly Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. On the other hand, Princess Haya�s full brother Prince Ali
and her half brother King Abdullah of Jordan are already negotiating a secret deal with
Dubai, under which, Dubai ruler will be paying unknown amount of money to Haya and her brothers
in exchange of buying their total silence of the cases of Sheikha Shamsa [Princess Shamsa]
and Sheikha Latifa [Princess Latifa], who had already been murdered inside their isolated
cells in Dubai palace.
Haya is a bad mother.
Although Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein has been trying to prove herself to the UK High
Court as a responsible and caring mother, anyone having a look into the official website
of the Dubai ruler�s sixth wife would easily understand, she is, in reality, is a very
bad mother. Her official website, which he had launched after marrying the Dubai ruler
has no picture of her children, while she has displayed photographs with her family
in Jordan in it. The website itself proves, Princess Haya was actually using her identity
as the wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his wealth in helping her family
in Jordan as well as Palestinian terrorists and Hamas. It may be mentioned here that the
Jordanian royal family is always inclined towards mega terror outfit Hamas and those
Palestinian terrorists. Notorious terrorist Ahlam Tamimi is sheltered by the Jordanian
regime, while dozens of notorious terrorists, including some of the top-ranking funders
of Islamic State are directly patronized by King Abdullah, Queen Rania and other members
of the Jordanian royal family.
Haya was a virgin during her wedding night.
Ever since this newspaper started exposing the untold facts of Princess Haya and her
family members in Jordan, dozens of messages, including threat mails are coming from the
Jordanian officials, diplomats and few of their top aides. Most of those messages are
aimed at glorifying Princess Haya and members of the Jordanian royal family. In one such
message it was claimed that Princess Haya had never dated or romanced with any men in
her entire life and she was a �virgin� during her wedding night with Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
In another messages, a person named Noor wrote: �Why you are publishing lies? Shamsa and
Latifa are alive. Why are you misleading people saying they are killed?�
Out IT section staffs found; the email was sent from London. Then an email was sent to
the above person from this newspaper asking prove of life of Princess Shamsa and Latifa.
It was also mentioned that this newspaper has specific information on the murder of
Latifa and death of Shamsa.
There has not been any reply to the email from �Noor�.
According to diplomatic analysts, as Princess Haya and the members of the Jordanian royal
family are trying to use their connections in the British royal family in successfully
extorting billions of dollars from the Dubai ruler, this battle would ultimately jeopardize
the existing relations between London and Dubai.
Princess Haya: Dubai ruler's wife seeks marriage protection order.
The estranged wife of the ruler of Dubai - one of the most high-profile leaders in the Middle
East - has asked for a forced marriage protection order in a UK court.
Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum's wife, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, is the third female
member of his court to apparently try to run away.
This month she was reported to be in hiding in London and is said to be in fear for her
life.
The case began in London on Tuesday.
What happened in the High Court? Princess Haya asked for wardship of her children
- with whom she left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - as well as a forced marriage protection
order and a non-molestation order.
The details of the orders sought by the princess are not known.
Sheikh Mohammed meanwhile applied for the return of his children to Dubai, and also
applied for the court to impose reporting restrictions on details about the orders - a
request the judge rejected.
Sir Andrew McFarlane ruled there was "a public interest in the public understanding, in very
broad terms, proceedings that are before the court".
Who is Princess Haya? The princess, who was born in Jordan and educated
at private schools in Britain, is an Olympic equestrian and the half-sister of the current
Jordanian ruler, King Abdullah II.
She married Sheikh Mohammed in 2004, becoming his sixth and "junior" wife. The 70-year-old
sheikh, who is the billionaire owner of Godolphin horse racing stables, reportedly has 23 children
by different wives.
Princess Haya, 45, initially fled to Germany to try to seek asylum there, but it emerged
this month that she was living in central London - specifically, in an �85m ($107m)
town house in Kensington Palace Gardens.
It's believed that Princess Haya will want to stay in the UK. However, if her husband
demands her return to Dubai, this could cause a diplomatic headache for Britain - which
has close ties to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
After she fled, Sheikh Mohammed wrote an angry poem accusing an unnamed woman of betrayal
and treachery, and posted it on his Instagram page.
Why is Princess Haya said to have run away? Sources close to the princess said earlier
this month she had recently discovered disturbing facts about the mysterious return to Dubai
last year of Sheikha Latifa, one of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters.
Sheikha Latifa had escaped the UAE by sea with the help of a Frenchman, but was intercepted
by armed men off the coast of India. She was then returned to Dubai.
At the time, Princess Haya defended Dubai's reputation over the incident, claiming that
Sheikha Latifa had been "vulnerable to exploitation" and was "now safe in Dubai". Human rights
advocates said she was abducted against her will.
Later, however, sources alleged that Princess Haya had become aware of new information related
to the case, and as a result came under increasing pressure from her husband's extended family.
In July 2000, another of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters - Sheikha Shamsa Al Maktoum, who
was 19 at the time - briefly escaped from the family's Surrey home.
Her method of escaping - by driving their Land Rover to the edge of the estate, abandoning
the car and slipping through a fence on foot - made headlines at the time. She was reportedly
found in Cambridge a year later and returned to Dubai.