Controversy over gifts Elizabeth II received from mega-millionaire Sheikh who kidnapped two daughters and whose sixth wife fled to London

As reported this Monday by the newspaper The temperature, Queen Elizabeth II received from the controversial Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum four gift horses, even after his ex-wife – Princess Haya of Jordan – fled to London out of fear for her life.

Haha what in 2004, she became the sixth wife of the Emirati ruler, arrived in the capital of the United Kingdom fleeing her husband and accompanied by her children. There he initiated an unprecedented lawsuit against the Emir. According to her, she secretly divorced in early 2019.

On British territory, the princess asked the family judge of the High Court of London protective measures against a forced marriage that may involve one of the couple’s daughters. She also requested protection for herself and asked for custody of her children.

British royalty, especially Queen Elizabeth II, has taken a stand to defend her in the lawsuit against the controversial Emir. This did not prevent him from breaking up with the sheikh nor stop accepting the four annual foals that he usually gives him since 2009.

Fans of equestrian life, on more than one occasion the couple have traveled to attend Derby competitions, tradition that has been maintained in British royalty for centuries.

Elizabeth II’s link with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is controversial, and draws criticism from the press and public opinion, because in addition to the complaint filed by Haya de Jordan, the emir was captured and disappeared from two of his daughters, Princesses Latifa and Shamsa, Forced to return to Dubai after attempting to escape their father in 2018 and 2000 respectively.

In March 2020, British justice ruled that the Emir of Dubai had ordered the kidnapping of two of his daughters, Latifa and Shamsa. “I’m in a mansion. I am kidnapped and this house has become a prison, ”said the princess in video recorded with a cell phone from the bathroom because“ it is the only room with a door that I can close ”.

Videos recorded by Latifa during her captivity, published recently by the BBC news network, have prompted the United Nations to ask for proof that she is still alive. In turn, a request from the friends of the princess to Queen Elizabeth II to use her influence to ask the sheikh for the release of the two sisters.

The emir ranks among the 15 richest royals in the world, which makes him extremely powerful.

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