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The missing princess of Dubai is “being cared for at home,” according to the country’s royal family.
In videos published on Sky News and published for the first time this weekPrincess Latifa accused her father of holding her hostage, following attempts to flee the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Early today, the UN Commission on Human Rights asked for proof that she was alive.
Princess Latifa She is the daughter of one of the richest men in the world, the billionaire ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.
The UAE Embassy in London responded with the following statement from the family: “In response to media reports on Sheikha Latifa, we want to thank those who have expressed concern for his well-being, despite the coverage that it certainly does not reflect the actual position.
“His family has confirmed that His Highness is being cared for at home, supported by his family and medical professionals.
“She continues to improve and we are hopeful that she will return to public life at the appropriate time.”
The 35-year-old woman claims she was beaten, drugged and incarcerated, first in a jail and then in a villa with bars on the window, after she tried to escape Dubai in February 2018.
She says she was forcibly returned the following month, in what the royal family says was a rescue mission.
The sheikh, a powerful and influential man who is regularly seen alongside heads of state like the Queen, has previously said he is safe and well, and the family said they wanted to maintain his privacy.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined other world leaders in asking for information on his well-being, and the UN Commission said today that it had raised the issue with the UAE mission in Geneva.
A map shows the tourist area where Princess Latifa is being held
The sheikh has always maintained that Latifa was tricked into escaping by criminals who wanted money and that returning her to Dubai was a rescue mission.
What happened to Latifa was examined during a Battle of the Superior Court between the sheikh and his now ex-wife, Princess Haya bint al Hussein.
In findings made public in March 2020, Sir Andrew McFarlane, who is presiding over the case, accepted that the sheikh had been responsible for Latifa’s kidnapping and arrest.
The chief British judge also accepted the princess’s account that she had been drugged, beaten and detained after a previous escape in 2002.
The eyewitness testimony of Princess Haya was also accepted. He told the court that he visited Latifa in December 2018 and found that “they held her against her will. They locked her in a house, guarded from outside and inside.”
Princess Haya fled to the UK in 2019 with her children after she says she became suspicious of what happened to Shamsa and Latifa.
The sheikh rejected the sentence, accusing her of bias.
In a statement issued at the time, he said: “As Head of Government, I was unable to participate in the fact-finding process of the Court, this has resulted in the publication of a ‘rapid determination’ judgment that inevitably only says one side of history “.
In 2000, another of Sheikh Mohammed’s daughters disappeared.
Princess Shamsa. Pic: freelatifa.com
Sheikha Shamsa al Maktoum, ran away at age 19 during the family’s annual holiday in the UK and reportedly went to see an immigration lawyer in London for advice on how to stay in Britain.
But shortly after they took her off the street and later she claimed that it was her father who sent “four Arabs to catch me, they carried weapons and threatened me.”
Sheikh Mohammed told a court that Shamsa was vulnerable and only a child and that he felt “overwhelming relief” when they found her, but has not been seen in public since.
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