In the fairy tale, after the prince and the princess are married, they are happy and happy for a lifetime, which is the dream of most red dust men and women, but in reality, not everything may be as satisfactory as the fairy tale, and sometimes the woman who marries into the royal family is more like a bird imprisoned in a golden cage, trying her best to get free. Dubai Chief Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's second princess Haya, who fled across the sea and confronted the chief's husband, was once an international hit in recent years, and through Princess Haya's narration, the outside world has a better chance to glimpse the mystery of the Dubai royal family and the unknown dark side of Chief Mohammed.
▲ The love between Princess Haya and The Dubai Chief Mohammed across the age gap was once regarded as a modern version of the fairy tale.
First, the much-loved Jordanian princess
Born in May 1974 in Amman, Jordan, Haya was the son of the late King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, and the half-sister of jordan's current King Abdullah II. Haya was only 3 years old when she experienced the loss of her mother, Aria, who died in a helicopter accident, so her father was very fond of her.
▲ In 1975, Haya, who was still an infant, and her mother, Queen Alia.
Born in the royal family, Haya has a very unrestrained personality and loves freedom, she does not want to be limited by the status of a princess, and always has the courage to challenge herself. As a young woman, Haya spent most of her time in england, attending private schools in England and studying political science, philosophy and economics at Oxford University, and interacted well with the British royal family, with whom many members of the royal family, including the Queen, were very friendly.
The dynamic and quiet Haya is also involved in archery and equestrianism, and has also been a full-time equestrian athlete, and also represented Jordan in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, and served as the president of the International Equestrian Federation.
Second, bravely marry the 25-year-old Dubai chief to make a second room for Aigan
At the age of 25, Haya met Mohammed, the 50-year-old Sheikh of Dubai, who was still crown prince, and was attracted to each other because of his equal love of equestrianism. Like-minded people hit it off, and the open-minded Haya didn't mind the 25-year-old age gap between herself and Muhammad, or even that Muhammad already had a proper wife, and blinded by her feelings, she was convinced that love could break through all obstacles.
In 2004, the 30-year-old Haya and Mohammed married in amman, jordan, nominally she is Mohammed's second room, but in fact, In addition to his wife, Muhammad has several wives and concubines, but the outside world is not clear about their identity and status, Muhammad has many children, dubai officially recognized princes and princesses there are 23.
For more than 10 years after their marriage, Princess Haya and Muhammad have always shown their love and affection, and they have 1 son and 1 daughter. Haya, who married into the Dubai royal family, was much favored by Muhammad, who often took her to diplomatic events. But at that time, no one expected that the 2 people who seemed to be born as a pair and the door to the door would part ways in the future, and even stage a dog blood plot like an 8 o'clock file.
Third, the fairy tale is broken - the truth of the pillow people
In 2018, one of Mohammed's daughters, Princess Ratifa, claimed to have been abused by her father for many years and tried to escape on a yacht, but was intercepted by Indian and Emirati ships and brought back to Dubai, and has not been heard from since; although the UAE Foreign Ministry has shown a photo of Ratifa to refute the "rumors" of the princess's disappearance, the outside world has always been worried about Ratifa's safety. Another fleeing princess in Dubai, Princess Sasha, was forcibly abducted from The Uk by Mohammed and has since been deprived of her liberty.
▲ Princess Ratifa (left) was arrested and returned to Dubai, a few public photos, but the outside world generally believes that this does not prove that she is free of movement and mentally healthy.
A person familiar with the matter revealed to the British media that after seeing Muhammad cruelly treat her own daughter, Princess Haya, who loved freedom, was alerted to Muhammad's despotism and unreasonableness, she began to disbelieve what Muhammad said to her, and she also began to question the "truth" about the escape of Princess Ratifa and Princess Sasha, and Haya was more afraid that she and her 2 children would encounter similar things.
In addition, it is also reported that after many years of marriage, the love between Princess Haya and Muhammad has lost its freshness, and even has an extramarital affair with a bodyguard, coupled with the closure of the Dubai royal family, which makes Haya think that only by escaping from Dubai can she be free.
Fourth, fleeing from England with a huge amount of money
In June 2019, foreign media reported that Princess Haya had fled to Europe with her daughter, who was only 11 years old at the time, and her son, who was 7 years old at the time, and a huge amount of money of 31 million pounds (about 250 million yuan), to apply for asylum and divorce; in July of the same year, the British media reported that Haya and Mohammed had moved to their own mansion in London, England, in order to divorce in the British court.
The report pointed out that the Focus of the Uk King's Court Hearing was on the custody of 2 children. Under Islamic law, a woman is nominally able to obtain custody after divorce, but in the Middle East, fathers usually still have the right to decide their children's education, travel and lifestyle, and Haya is likely to flee.
At the end of July, Princess Haya applied to the British High Court for a "Forced Marriage Protection Order", a "Prohibition of Harassment Order", and the right to supervise her children. At the same time, Mohammed's lawyer also demanded that the two children of Princess Haya return to Dubai, while Mohammed published a poem in Arabic and English on his personal homepage, which was believed to be accusing Haya of betrayal. The ugliness of the Dubai royal family has come to the fore, making the divorce lawsuit a matter of concern, also known as one of the most expensive divorce lawsuits in British history, Princess Haya has repeatedly accused Muhammad of using notes and sending people to infiltrate the mansion to create psychological pressure on her to force her to submit.
▲ In July 2019, Princess Haya was at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
V. The only princess in Dubai's history who has successfully sued for divorce
In March 2020, the High Court in London accused Mohammed of continuing to abuse state resources by "threatening, intimidating, abusing and oppressing his wife and children, in complete disregard of the existence of the law", and found that Mohammed had indeed planned and kidnapped Princess Ratifa and Princess Sasha to return home, severely damaging the international image of Mohammed and the Dubai royal family.
Princess Haya's petition for divorce and custody in the United Kingdom is not only the third princess in Dubai's history to run away, but also the only one who has successfully sued.
The British judge also confirmed that Mohammed had directly invoked Islamic law to "divorce his wife" in February 2019 without informing Haya, which was the 20th anniversary of the death of Haya's late father, and Mohammed's cold-bloodedness made Princess Haya understand that she had to leave Dubai and seek a fair divorce judgment outside.
After Haya's successful divorce petition in the UK, the court ruled that Mohammed had to pay more than £550 million in alimony for her children, supposedly the highest amount of alimony ever awarded by a British court.
British Judge Moore ruled that Mohammed, the 72-year-old Chief of Dubai, must pay his 47-year-old ex-wife, Princess Haya, £251.5 million to help her maintain her residence in the UK, future maintenance costs and living expenses related to the children before completing higher education. This amount must be paid in one lump sum and must be paid within 3 months.
In her testimony, Haya said the amount would take her and the children out of Muhammad's control, "I really want to be free, I want the children to be free."
The judge also demanded that Mohammed pay £3 million for the education of his 19-year-old daughter Jalilah and his 9-year-old son Zeid, as well as a £9.6 million loan. There are also £11.2 million paid annually for children's alimony, as well as maintenance costs for their adulthood. These fees will be guaranteed by £290 million of securities held by HSBC.
The final total amounted to £554 million, which was the highest amount awarded by the English Family Court, according to the London legal profession.
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Born in the Westernized and enlightened Jordanian royal family, Haya's love-hate feud with the "control freak" chief has made the outside world lament, and many media will also compare Princess Haya and Princess Ratifa to try to escape Dubai but failed. Regarding this marriage of "old and young", some people believe that it is actually out of political considerations, not simply for love, no matter what the reason for coming together, Haya has never yielded in the process of applying for divorce, although she has been frightened, the threat from Muhammad has not completely disappeared, but compared to Princess Ratifa, Princess Haya and her children are undoubtedly very lucky.
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