In 2019, the escape of Princess Haya of Dubai caused a sensation in the world, she was originally a Royal Princess of Jordan, and later became the second princess of Dubai Chief Mohammed, because she was dissatisfied with Mohammed's "domestic abuse", she fled to the United Kingdom with two children.
This shows what a terrible true face of the Dubai royal family under the glamorous and gorgeous appearance, but it is under such repression that Grand Princess Hurd has spent 43 years without leaving home and will continue to live like this.
The mysterious Grand Princess
Dubai's wealth is well known, and the rich oil resources make the country's wealth unimaginable, especially the royal family, but in Dubai, the status of women is very low, even the women of the royal family can not easily show their faces.
Dubai is a believer in Islam, and its doctrine states that the institution of marriage is polygamy, so Dubai law recognizes polygamy and the chief can marry four wives.
The current sheikh Sheikh Mohammed had countless lovers, but then 6 became his wives, and the last two of these wives could be called "princesses", namely Princess Hurd and Princess Haya.
Princess Haya is not a Dubai native, she has been educated in the West since childhood, and she and Mohammed are married to him because of equestrianism, and Princess Hurd is an authentic Dubai woman, the cousin of Mohammed.
Born in 1962, Princess Hurd married her cousin Muhammad at the age of 17, the first princess of Muhammad and has been married for more than forty years.
Curiously, however, the only photograph of Princess Hurd that can be found today is a photograph of her with the fawn when she was not married, when she was only twenty-eight years old, beautiful and innocent.
After marrying the chief, she seemed to become a "transparent person", never showing up for decades, as evidenced by the constant birth of children – in 22 years, Princess Hurd bore Muhammad 12 children.
These 12 children have all appeared in public, and their appearance is exquisite, which shows that Princess Hurd must also be beautiful.
Muhammad had thirty children, Hurd had 12 in one life, and her pampering was evident, and every year on Princess Hurd's birthday, the royal family held a large party.
However, from the photos released by the royal family, in addition to the lavishly decorated palace and various flowers, people can completely ignore the shadow of the birthday protagonist, Princess Hurd.
"Harem Life" in the 21st Century
When Muhammad married Grand Princess Hurd, it was an unprecedented event, and he used twenty chests of jewels as a dowry for marrying his cousin, and twenty camels carried the boxes into the royal family.
People in Dubai celebrated five days with songs and dances, and the grand wedding cost nearly $137 million, but as soon as the wedding was over, Princess Hurd never appeared again and never gave any media or reporters interviews.
Western media often criticize the Dubai royal family for "restricting the personal freedom of royal members", and it seems that this is indeed the case, and this traditional concubine is "imprisoned".
From Princess Haya's account, it seems that we can learn about the painful life of some of the Dubai royal family, where Muhammad threatened her with a gun and even left her alone in the desert.
She accused Muhammad of his super-controlling desire, not only for her but also for her children, muhammad imprisoned two of his own daughters and at one point wanted to send his teenage daughter out for marriage.
In fact, Princess Haya has been granted a lot of "privileges", she can attend banquets with Muhammad, she can not wear traditional Dubai costumes, and she can go abroad freely.
These were treatments that no other woman could enjoy, but even with these powers, Haya could not tolerate Muhammad's possessiveness and perverted captivity.
Not to mention the rebellious Princess Hurd? This woman, who married into the palace at the age of 17, stayed at home for 43 years and became an invisible person.
But these are also our speculations, and who knows what Princess Hurd really thinks? She was born to pass on the inheritance of the Dubai royal family, and her fate cannot be changed, and perhaps this silent acceptance is also a good way out.
At the same time, Princess Hurd enjoys a dignity that no one can match - only her children are the "first princess/prince", and the future princes are also selected from her children, which means that she will be the most important woman in Dubai for the rest of her life.
The women who escaped from the royal family
Princess Hadd was not the first Dubai royal woman to plot an escape, as early as 2000, Princess Samantha fled because she could not bear the captivity of the royal family.
However, she was "kidnapped" in broad daylight on the streets of New York and brought back to Dubai, which is not an ordinary "take home", Princess Samantha has been imprisoned ever since, guarded by guards, greatly limited personal freedom, and is still unmarried.
In 2018, Princess Samantha's sister Princess Ratifa also planned an escape, this time by yacht, but still failed, she was intercepted off the coast of India and also brought back to strict custody.
Princess Latifa posted a video online the year after she was captured, in which she not only complained about her tragic experience after being arrested, but also asked the British police to investigate the kidnapping of Princess Samsa in Britain more than a decade ago, accusing the "real culprit" behind the scenes of her father, Mohammed.
She hoped that the British police officers would come forward and set her sister Samsa free again, but even though other countries were willing to help, Muhammad insisted that it was her "family affair" and that outsiders could not be allowed to interfere.
In the end, things could only be resolved, leaving only a bad reputation for Dubai royals.
Earlier this year, Princess Haya's divorce case finally had a final verdict, she was granted custody of her two children, divorced cleanly and received huge maintenance.
Her escape was due, on the one hand, to her years of open-minded education in the West and to her own intelligence and evidence-gathering, and on the other hand to her own distinguished status, as a Jordanian, she received help from the British police.
brief summary
Princess Hurd is a representative of the Dubai royal family, she is so obedient to the rules that people can not fault it, and she has lived in this prison-like royal family for a lifetime.
For Princess Haya, escape is the way of life; for Princess Hurd, acceptance is also the way of life, and the two have chosen different paths and gone to different lives.