How far can a woman lose? A £500,000 (about 4 million yuan) piece of underwear was worn only once and left unused there.
Running around the world in a private jet, buying luxury goods in a big way, and then leaving without paying, the clerk did not dare to come forward to stop her, only because her status was too honorable.
This woman was The former Princess of Saudi Arabia, Maha Sudry, who later married her uncle Nayef and became the Princess of Saudi Arabia.
Promised to uncle
Sudri's father was the last King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Saud. From an early age, Suderry understood that unlike other girls, she had been saddled with the family's mission from birth.
Saudi Arabia's succession to the throne is different from other countries, and the first king had many sons and adopted a brother-to-brother system after his death.
That is to say, the throne will be passed between brothers, and before the death of the older brother, a younger brother will be designated to inherit the throne, and so on. When it was the turn of the brothers of this generation, he would pass the throne to the eldest brother's son before he died.
Sudri's father, Abdullah, was the 13th son of the first king, and he was positioned as the next king by his brother early on. His brother did not officially pass the throne to him until his death due to illness in 2005.
Abdullah
Abdullah was 81 years old and became the sixth king of Saudi Arabia. Although the succession to the throne was a little late, Abdullah had already planned everything.
Again, in order to get certain rights, he had joined forces with his brother Nayef Aziz. The first king of Saudi Arabia had many lovers, resulting in many sons being half-married and not intimate.
But Abdul and Naif were half-brothers, and their mother, one of the first king's favorite wives, bore the royal family seven sons.
Naif
When Abdul and his brother joined forces, they promised him that if Abdul ascended to the throne, Nayef would become the next crown prince and later king.
But it's not enough to have that commitment, they need a bond between them. So Abdul married his favorite little princess, Sudry, to his younger brother Naive.
The Saudi royal family allows close relatives to marry, but it is still very rare for nieces to marry uncles. After the news of Sudri's marriage to Naif came out, the public was not very optimistic about the marriage.
Not only because of this blood relationship, Naif is 12 years older than Sudri, can such a marriage really last?
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Forced to marry
For this marriage, the attitudes of the two parties are diametrically opposed. In fact, Sudria has always understood that her marriage will become a tool in her father's hands.
But Sudri didn't want to marry her uncle Nayef, she wanted to find a suitable age to marry, even if there was no love, at least the identity would not be so bad.
But no one listened to Sudry, and in this marriage her voice was the least important one. In contrast to Sudry's reluctance, Naif was in a state of agreement from beginning to end.
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As a member of the royal family, Naif had many girlfriends, and he knew exactly where to put sudrick.
Sudri was the equivalent of a "hostage", and Naif helped Abdul keep the throne, which also had many benefits for Naif.
In 1980, Sudri was forced to marry Naif, and the two were officially married. Many people gathered around the wedding site to catch a glimpse of Princess Sudry.
After all, Sudri's beauty is also famous in their country, and when she was young, she was almost the most beautiful princess in the royal family. But such a beautiful princess, after marriage, her personality has undergone earth-shaking changes.
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Become a princess
From birth, Sudri has lived a very luxurious life. The wealth of the Saudi Arabian royal family is also ranked among all the royal families, and Sudri has never worried about money.
The marriage had hurt Sudry so much that she had been sullen. Until Sudry found a new pleasure: shopping and shopping, like opening the door to a new world, from then on.
At first, Sudri was just shopping in the Arab area, going out every day with dozens of servants, buying directly what they liked, and not looking at the price of the goods at all.
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When the bills were put in front of Naif, he didn't take them seriously and thought how much it would cost a woman to buy something.
Nayef also told Sudry that if he didn't have enough money, he could tell him, after all, he had watched Sudry grow up, and the relationship between the two was completely different from that of ordinary couples.
Sudri developed a very special way of shopping in Saudi Arabia, and every time she went out, she would take a lot of people with her, go straight to the mall, and then start sweeping the goods one by one.
She didn't care about the price of this thing, as long as it matched the eye rim, she would take it all. At first, the merchants liked the princess very much and came to their own shop to shop.
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After all, there are royals who come to the store to buy things, and it is very face-saving to say that they are doing activities in the store, so the merchants will be very warm to Suderry.
But the good times did not last long, and Suderry's shopping habits changed. Before, she would pay directly after buying things, and then the maid would take the things and leave.
Now it is something that the maid directly takes and leaves, and when the merchant comes forward to chase the money to buy something, she will say that the merchant will go directly to Naif to settle the bill.
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Not everyone has the courage to come to the royal family to ask for an account, some bold will mail the bill to Naif, and the timid can only consider themselves unlucky.
Before Suderry's father became king, Suderry's behavior could only be regarded as a small fight. In 2005, Abdul became King of Saudi Arabia.
Four years later, Abdul appointed his younger brother Nayef as crown prince heir, and the promise between the two brothers was officially fulfilled. Sudri's status also rose from princess to princess.
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Underwear worth 4 million
From the time Abdul became king, sudri's extravagant life grew. She likes to buy rare things, even if they are still in the warehouse after buying them back.
One of the things that people talk about the most is the sky-high price of Sudry's underwear. As usual, Sudry was shopping in the major malls, passing by the entrance of a store, and was attracted by the contents.
This is a luxury bespoke shop that can customize anything you want. What Sudri saw was a set of underwear set with this gem.
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The underwear is worth £60,000 (about 480,000 yuan) and next to it is a matching leggings decorated with a very large gemstone worth £500,000 (about 4 million yuan).
Such a luxury immediately hooked Suderry's heart, and she did not hesitate to buy this set of underwear directly. But she wore them only once and left them idle.
After such news reached the old king's ears, he called his daughter to his side to talk, hoping that she would stop shopping so extravagantly, and since she had become a princess, she should have the appearance of a princess.
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Sudri did not take the old king's words to heart, and still chose to live a life of doing as he pleased. By this time, Sudri had set her sights on the outside of Saudi Arabia, and she wanted to go shopping in other countries.
Naif did not stop his wife, after all, after Sudri left, he could live with his girlfriends in a fair and honest way.
What Naif did not expect was that Sudri was directly imprisoned in the police station when he left congress this time, and he was also needed to rush over to rescue her.
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Rent a warehouse to store luxury goods
After Sudri left Arabia, he stayed in Paris for a long time. After all, it is known as the fashion capital, and the latest clothes and bags can be bought here.
Sudri felt like paradise in Paris, and she began a shopping spree. Sudry seemed to just enjoy the feeling of buying things that she wouldn't touch again after leaving the store.
As luxuries of all kinds came and went, Suderry rented three warehouses in Paris dedicated to her "booty", which were soon filled.
Someone once visited the luxury warehouse in Suderi, where most of the clothes, backpacks and some gemstones were not even unpacked.
They were like a pile of scraps, forgotten by their owners and piled up haphazardly, covered with dust and cobwebs.
After Sudri had satisfied a certain desire to shop, she would return to Arabia from time to time, after all, the funds for her purchases still needed to be paid by the old king and her husband, Naif.
In June 2009, Naif suddenly received a call from the embassy that Princess Sudry had been imprisoned in the Paris police station, hoping that Naif would come as soon as possible to deal with the matter.
When Naif arrived in Paris, he figured out the whole process of the matter, and wondered whether he regretted marrying Sudry home at that moment.
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Sudri was put in the police station
When Sudri was shopping in Saudi Arabia, he had already developed the habit of not paying. This habit changed when she first came to Paris, and she followed the market order for a while.
During that time, Sudria spent more and more money on luxury goods, and the old king, in order to control her consumption, restricted the amount of bank cards.
But Sudry was used to buying what she liked at any time, and now her bank card was restricted, which made Sudry very uncomfortable, but she still came to the luxury store.
Sudri has always been generous in these luxury stores in Paris, and many people know her as the princess of Saudi Arabia, and the current king is her father.
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Under such an aura, Sudry began to leave without paying for something like in China. When the upper house came forward to stop her from leaving, Sudry took out a blank check.
Then with a wave of his hand, he wrote the words "pay the bill in the coming day" on it. The retinue will also come forward to explain to the merchant that the Saudi king will pay these bills so that they don't have to worry.
After hearing such an explanation, the merchants dispelled some doubts, after all, the Saudi royal family is famous for being rich, and Sudri, as the princess, should not escape the bill.
When the first act was not stopped, Sudry sent out more and more empty checks, but none of these checks were cashed.
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Slowly, the managers of the luxury stores felt that something was wrong, everyone was opening their doors to do business, and Sudrie was a lot of things every time she took it, what if in the end she really didn't recognize it?
When Sudria reappears and tries to take the gems, he is surrounded by the managers of the luxury stores. They demanded that Sudry settle the bill as soon as possible, or they wouldn't let her go.
Sudry's retinue was fast and immediately protected Sudry in the innermost part. But such a big movement alarmed the police patrolling nearby, and Sudry was taken to the paris police station.
Surprised to learn of Sudry's identity, the police contacted the Saudi embassy and asked them to take Princess Sudry away as soon as possible.
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Because Sudri was a member of the Saudi royal family with immunity, Sudri easily left the police station, and the merchants still did not get the money.
"The Saudi princess did not pay for shopping and was sent to the police station", after the news came out, it attracted the attention of many people and became a scandal in the Saudi royal family.
Forced to do so, the Saudi royal family had to stand up and apologize to the shopkeepers, then pay off the 15 million pounds (about 120 million yuan) that Suderry owed, and then Sudry was forced to return home.
Sudria
"Lao Lai" Princess Evasion failed
Sudri's behavior this time made the old king very angry. Sudri was grounded in the palace and was not allowed to go out again. But Sudri, who was already accustomed to freedom, how could he stay.
She began to try her best to leave the palace, and in 2011 the old king could not resist Sudri's bitter pleas, allowing her to restore her freedom early.
As soon as the grounding was over, Sudri left Saudi Arabia with his entourage and headed for Paris again. It may be that her instincts have been suppressed for too long, and her desire to consume has become more and more intense.
Sudri directly chartered an entire floor of the Shangri-La Hotel for himself and his entourage. Then start a life of luxury again, indulging in buying and buying every day.
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As before, Suderry still consumes first and pays later. But her previous impression in Paris was really bad, and the head of the Shangri-La Hotel had been secretly watching her whereabouts.
Leaving Saudi Arabia this time, the old king imposed restrictions on Sudri's bank cards. In fact, the amount of the bank card is still enough for many ordinary people to live for a lifetime, but Sudri, who has become accustomed to spending money unscrupulously, is not satisfied at all.
In June 2012, Sudry and more than 60 of his entourage had been living in the hotel for half a year, and various consumption bills had accumulated a thick pile of up to 5 million pounds (about 40 million yuan).
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But Sudry had no intention of paying, and no one knew what the Saudi princess was thinking. As night fell, the retinue followed Sudry with their luggage and headed for the back door of the hotel.
Sudri wanted to sneak out of the hotel, after all her bank wasn't big enough to pay the bill. But neither the old king nor her husband, Naif, was willing to give her any more money.
The person in charge of the hotel had been prepared, and found them when Sudry had not yet walked to the back door of the hotel, and the person in charge immediately called the police to deal with it, hoping that Suderry could pay the bill and leave.
Sudri was once again released for her royal status, but more than sixty of her entourage were held in police custody. Naif had to rush to Paris again to pay a £5 million bill for Sudry.
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Disappears after divorce
From the moment she married Sudry, Naif has been dealing with the problems she left behind. At this time, Naif was 78 years old, and Sudri was already 66 years old.
Nayef may have looked away and asked for a divorce from Sudry, but the old king did not stop him, and perhaps he also understood that his daughter was indeed not a qualified wife, and the marriage between the two came to an end.
In June 2012, the Saudi royal family abruptly announced that Crown Prince Nayef had died of illness and that his younger brother Salman would become the new crown prince.
Salman
This means that Sudri will lose the protective ring of the "Saudi Princess". For some time afterwards, Sudria seemed to have disappeared from the world, and there was no news of her on the news.
Even though Sudria has disappeared, there are still many problems she has left. Sudri had many debts that had not been repaid, but the Saudi royal family was reluctant to pay the former princess.
Eventually, one remembers Sudry's three large warehouses in Paris. The long-sealed warehouse doors were opened, and the court auctioned off all kinds of luxury goods and jewelry inside.
Sudria
The three warehouses are worth as much as £11 million (about 89 million yuan), and the money will be used to pay off all kinds of debts owed by Suderi.
From the original heavenly woman to the "old Lai", Sudri's life has always been controlled by money. She enjoyed the benefits of the royal family, but was eventually trapped by this honor for the rest of her life.
If she hadn't indulged in luxuries after marriage, but had chosen to achieve her own career, would she have had a different ending? Unfortunately, Sudri did not recognize reality in the end.
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