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Dubai royal family drama: how glamorous love story turned into nightmare

The sheikh is reeling from a court’s findings that he abducted and detained two of his elder daughters, before waging a campaign of intimidation against his ex-wife

08 March 2020 - 00:00 By The Daily Telegraph

Shortly after Princess Haya met Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum at an equestrian event, she proclaimed that her love for the Dubai ruler was so intense they understood one another “without the need for words”...

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