On the opening day of the World Cup, the Qatari prince was put on the global Internet celebrity position.
Like this prince named Abdelrahman Fahad Al-Thani, in the opening game, after seeing the Qatari team concede a goal, he first widened his eyes, then showed helplessness, and then talked to himself emotionally, this scene happened to be recorded by the camera, his appearance, expression, gestures and movements are very similar to the mascot of this World Cup - Raib (which means "skilled player" in Arabic).
"Completely hit the mascot!" "I suspect the mascot was designed according to the little prince of Qatar!" On the first day of the opening ceremony, the little prince, who just turned 16 last month, is in high school, and still wears dental aligners, quickly became popular, and Chinese netizens made many cute memes for him, and called him the "dumpling skin" prince. In the past two days, the little prince also thanked Chinese netizens through a video, saying that he had seen the memes that netizens made for him!
In addition to the inhumanity of the "trenches", what is the life of the princes and princesses of Qatar?
The handsome guy who dares to compare with David Beckham in the same frame turns out to be a real prince
In the first match between England and Iran in the group stage, David Beckham appeared in the stands, as handsome as ever, and as soon as he appeared, it caused heated discussions among netizens.
But soon, netizens found that the man in traditional Arabic clothes who was talking to him next to Xiaobei seemed to be completely equal to him regardless of height and appearance, whether he looked at it from the front or the side, it was very perfect.
And this person is none other than the real prince of Qatar. His name is Sheikh Jassim Sheikh Jassim, he is the third son of Hamad the former Emir of Qatar, the eldest son of the famous Empress Moza, the older brother of the current Emir of Qatar, and the former Crown Prince of Qatar.
Born in 1978, he is 185cm tall, which is even more runway than Xiaobei. The facial features look very similar to the mother Empress Moza, the face is very small, the eyes are deep, the nose bridge is high, the facial features are three-dimensional, with a just right mustache, and there is a deep, heroic and noble temperament between the eyebrows.
There are two mysteries about Sheikh Jassim - one is that as the eldest son and former crown prince of the most favored Empress Moza, he did not inherit his father's throne, it is said that he himself had no interest in becoming king, and he once wrote to his father: "As I told you from the beginning, I do not want to be appointed crown prince." In his reply, the king accepted his son's thoughts: "Dear son, I thank you very much, and despite my regrets, I accept your decision. In 2003, after seven years as crown prince, Sheikh Jassim voluntarily abdicated and his younger brother took over as crown prince.
The second mystery is that in polygamous Qatar, as a prince, he currently has only one princess - you know, the prince's father has married seven princesses. The couple got married in 2006 and had eight children, three sons and five daughters, which shows that the husband and wife are very loving.
Sheikh Jassim, though not interested in the throne, likes to invest in business and focus on making his own money. He loves to enjoy life, loves rugby and the eagles, and loves to play eagle falcon like other Middle Eastern tycoons.
This World Cup in Qatar, he is also one of the responsible persons, specially responsible for receiving VIPs from various countries. Last October, David Beckham became Qatar's ambassador for a ten-year contract, and the endorsement fee is said to be as high as 175 million euros, and it makes sense that Sheikh Jassim personally came to receive him.
It's fun, but family and career can be juggled, no wonder many people say that Sheikh Jassim compares the charm of the British prince!
From prince to crown prince to king, he was "someone else's child" from an early age
Sheikh Jassim was succeeded as crown prince of Qatar by his younger brother Tamim, born in 1980 and the child of former King Hamad and Empress Moza.
Tamim can be said to be "someone else's child" since he was a child, as his father's key training object, he first studied in the top private schools in the United Kingdom Sherborne and Harrow School, and then followed his father's steps into the British Sandhurst Royal Military Academy to study, which is known as the world's "four major military schools" in the United States West Point, the Frunze Military Academy in Russia, and the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France. A good education has made Tamim fluent in literature, history, military affairs, and speaks fluent English and French in addition to his native language.
On 5 August 2003, Tamim was appointed Crown Prince and in September of the same year as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. When he was crown prince, he often appeared in public places such as shopping malls and stadiums in traditional clothes to observe the people's feelings, and he also drove himself without escorts to patrol various places, so he was deeply supported by the people.
After becoming crown prince, Tamim also actively supported his mother's initiative to establish education. For example, the Qatar Fund for Education and Science Development, chaired by Princess Moza, began building an education city on the outskirts of Doha in 1997 to attract world-renowned universities. Most of the foreign schools in the Education City were introduced by Tamim after he became crown prince in 2003, which has played a positive role in strengthening the openness of education and optimizing the school-running model in Qatar.
During his tenure as crown prince, Tamim also held many important positions, most notably as President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic Committee. The first sporting miracle that Tamim led Qatar to create was the successful hosting of the Doha Asian Games in 2006, the only Asian Games ever hosted by an Arab country. Even more miraculously, Qatar won the right to host the 2002 FIFA World Cup in 2010.
(Hamad and Father)
On June 25, 2013, Hamad passed the throne to Crown Prince Tamim, "the first abdication of a sitting king in the Arab world." The 33-year-old Tamim succeeded his father as the eighth emir of Qatar, the youngest age for an Arab country to take over as head of state. In his succession speech, the post-80s emir said that he will continue to diversify the country's economy and reduce its dependence on oil and gas.
In life, Tamim himself is a sports enthusiast, a Manchester United fan, loves to play tennis, football, and has been photographed playing badminton and bowling with former Egyptian Defense Minister Tantawi. Visit the Lussell Stadium, the venue of the 2022 World Cup final, with the Saudi Crown Prince.
At the opening ceremony of the World Cup, under the gaze of the Crown Prince and the Saudi Crown Prince, Tamim thanked everyone and wished the 32 participating teams to perform at the highest level and work together to create an excellent World Cup.
He also took out a national team jersey and asked Emperor Taishang's father to sign his name on the shirt, and staged a scene of fatherly filial piety in front of the world.
The prince of Internet celebrity who loves to eat, drink and play, loves sports cars, and loves to sunbathe
The excellence of the two princes just mentioned perfectly matches everyone's imagination of "prince", and the prince who appears next is really an alternative existence among princes.
His name is Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the youngest son of Empress Moza, born in 1991. Empress Moza's other sons and daughters all attended prestigious schools, but when it came to Khalifa, it became difficult to go to school, because the prince's mentality towards learning was one word - mixed.
In 2011, Prince Khalifa brought six entourage (assistants, security guards, butlers, drivers, nurses, personal trainers) to Los Angeles on a private jet to attend college. Once in Los Angeles, the prince stayed at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, famous for "The Pretty Moon" starring Julia Roberts. Not only did he live in the most luxurious high-end suite, but his entourage stayed in a $600-a-night room.
Despite paying such a high cost for schooling, the school that the prince attends is very inexplicable + unsatisfactory, he attends a community college in Los Angeles, most of the students in the school are from low-income families, and there are few international students - you know, the prince's mother is a promoter of university education, built a huge campus complex in Qatar, attracting many famous American schools to set up branches, and his son went to thousands of mountains and rivers, spent such a high cost but only read a university that could not be put on the table, It's a bit of a slap in the face.
The prince did not find this person except for the first day after he appeared at school. Because he spent most of his time looking for fun across the United States, he even went to Las Vegas to gamble, squandering $300,000 in one night at resorts and casinos. You know, gambling is illegal in Qatar.
The prince also likes to mix the entertainment industry and has a good relationship with the Kardashian family, and Cornette Kardashian's ex-boyfriend Scott Dissick also calls the prince brother and brother, and once invited him to Kardashian's family party.
The prince's various bills in the United States will eventually be reimbursed by the Qatari government, for this reason, the prince's subordinates found a luxury car rental company in Beverly Hills to issue invoices of various denominations for the prince, what Maybach one-day usage fee of $2900, security fee of $600, two assistant chefs $475, Disney VIP ticket + tour of $9600, Los Angeles Clippers VIP game viewing $23000, Lakers game box $12750... And these expenses are ultimately paid by the Qatari government. According to the revelation, the company is also suspected of financial fraud, issuing non-existent invoices to reimburse money to serve as the prince's small treasury.
Obviously, studying at a community college was not a long-term solution for the prince, and after two years of mixing, the prince wanted to transfer schools. Funny, in order to keep the god of wealth, the car rental company also helped him apply to UCLA and sent a pair of golden camels to Alessandro, the dean of the UCLA School of Social Sciences, but the dean eventually refused to hire him.
Empress Moza, who was worried about her son's studies, could only fly to Los Angeles to talk to the principal of USC, and the prince successfully transferred schools. According to media speculation, Empress Moza may have arranged for the prince to be included by promising a huge donation.
However, the prince, who finally entered the prestigious school, did not attend a few classes at all, and he paid a poor doctoral student as a "study guide", in fact, to help him write homework and deal with professors' questions. Because of the help of foreign aid, the prince's results are not bad, and he has been commended on the "Dean's List" three times in a row.
In order to get his degree, the prince also took great pains and once gave a Rolex watch to a strict professor. The professor did not accept it, and the prince refused to take it back, and registered the watch in the professor's name. The professor had no choice but to estimate the value of the watch, wrote a check for $12,500 to the school, and donated it to the school.
After successfully obtaining a bachelor's degree, the prince successfully obtained a master's degree, and this time he was given an unprecedented privilege - "online lessons". But it is said that only a person who calls himself "Khalifa" listens to online lessons, and the real prince runs to participate in several military exercises, vacations in France, England, Monaco, runs to play eagles in the desert ...
After graduating from the University of Southern California, the prince returned to his homeland and became an official in Qatar's Ministry of State Security.
Although he doesn't love to learn, the prince absolutely loves life, he loves all things fast, and his sports cars together can form a team. He often drives a variety of sports cars to watch the Los Angeles Lakers live games, and also has his own exclusive luxury suite.
This bright yellow McLaren P1 has a license plate number of 1991, which happens to be Khalifa's birth year.
Courtney Kardashian's ex-boyfriend also rode in his car and sent a special ins: "Thank you for taking it." ”
The prince also liked to ride horses, and raised a white horse to gallop in the sea to create romance.
Love surfing.
Loved sea fishing.
Loved skydiving.
People have cats and dogs, and the prince prefers to play tiger with a hat with his name written on it.
Ride in the same car as the beast.
The prince also loves beauty, he has his own personal trainer, likes to exercise muscles, likes to wear sunglasses, is keen on life, and is an Internet celebrity with millions of fans on Ins.
In addition to posting himself, the prince also likes to post the daily life of the former king's father, but he has never seen a group photo of his mother Empress Moza, and it is estimated that the queen mother mainly has a headache when she sees this son.
A princess who spends $1 billion a year on paintings
Tell the story of the three princes, what about the Qatari princess? The story of Princess Mayasha will surely shock you, after all, the princess spends $1 billion a year on art alone!
Encouraged by her mother, Princess Moza, in 2001, 18-year-old Mayasha took her sister to the United States to study, and Princess Mayasha studied political science and literature at Duke University and later completed graduate school at Columbia University.
While studying, inspired by Amin Maalouf's novel Leon the African, Mayasha began to wonder what else in the world could be used to give Qatar, a country that depends on oil resources, a better future. Mayasha was puzzled, until she followed in the footsteps of the African Leon in the novel, to Spain, Egypt, Italy and other Western countries, in the process of this trip, Mayasha benefited a lot, after the trip Mayasha, after a period of thinking and analysis, believed that improving the country's cultural soft power is the only way to renew Qatar.
In 2006, Princess Mayasha returned to China to serve as the Chairman of the Qatar Museum Authority, taking on the responsibility of cultural nation-building. Princess Mayasha insisted on using art to change Qatar's strategy, and in order to enrich Qatar's cultural accumulation, "buy, buy, buy" became Princess Mayasha's first strategy.
It is said that the princess never visited galleries or auctions, but the art she bought was frighteningly expensive – in 2012, Qatar bought Picasso's "The Child with the Dove" for £50 million; In 2012, Paul Cézanne's "The Card Player" was won for more than $250 million; In 2015, he invested $300 million to win Paul Gauguin's "When Will You Marry"... Behind this is the handiwork of Princess Mayasha.
(Picasso, The Child with the Dove)
(Paul Cézanne, The Card Player)
(Paul Gauguin, When You Married)
Over the years, the princess has spent at least $1 billion a year on paintings, sculptures and installations on the art market, earning her the title of Forbes as the "undisputed queen of the art world" today. Mayasha's long-term "buy, buy, buy" has enriched the collections of Qatar's major museums.
Prompted by Princess Mayasha, many artists came to Qatar for solo exhibitions – from December 5, 2011 to May 26, 2012, the Arab Museum of Modern Art, a subsidiary of the Qatar Museum Authority, held an exhibition of Cai Guoqiang's explosive works; In 2012, Murakami held his first solo exhibition in the Middle East in Qatar, and in 2013, British artist Damien Hirst held his first Middle East exhibition in Qatar... Through solo exhibitions of artists, Qatar continues to act as a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures and art.
(Takashi Murakami exhibits in Qatar)
In her 2012 TED talk, Mayasha made no secret of her vision of investing in the country's future with art, "We are reorienting ourselves through our cultural institutions and cultural development, and art has become an important part of our national identity."
In addition to buying paintings for the country, the princess is also unrelenting in spending money on herself, and in 2017, she spent 279 million yuan to buy a luxury apartment in Manhattan, New York, which has five floors and a basement, and the mansion is luxuriously decorated in a very luxurious style, with fireplaces in almost every room. The princess bought the mansion for a simple reason, the apartment was close to her other two properties in New York, and it would be easier for the servants to rest after buying it.