Dubai Prince Rashid was overindulged, addicted to drugs, held sex parties in his home many times, and even shot his assistant, so unconcealable madness, Rashid died suddenly at the age of 33, ending his wandering life.
What exactly caused this great prince of Dubai, the first in line to the throne of the royal family, to embark on such a road of no return.
Dubai, the second largest emirate in the UAE
Dubai, the full name should be the Emirate of Dubai, as one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, the first impression of everyone thinking of this country is oil, as a limited resource in the world, oil has always been an important resource for all countries in the world.
In modern society, whoever controls the resources controls the world, and the UAE accounts for the vast majority of the world's oil resources, which can be said to have directly established a country on a mountain of gold.
And Dubai as the second largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates, many people's impression is that the oil country, many people are very keen on Dubai's wealth, hate themselves why they were not born in Dubai, Dubai's national treatment is indeed very good, but this is a variety of factors, not only because of oil, but also population and other factors.
In fact, many people have a misunderstanding of Dubai, although Dubai is dependent on oil, but the Dubai royal family is trying to reduce the dependence of Dubai's economy on oil, because although the United Arab Emirates occupies most of the world's oil resources, but the storage of these resources between the seven emirates is different.
Just like there is a large gap between different parts of a country, let alone a union of emirates, the UAE's oil reserves are about 98 billion barrels, of which Abu Dhabi accounts for the vast majority of oil resources.
Abu Dhabi holds about 92 billion barrels of that knowledge, while Dubai only owns 4 billion of them, although these oil resources are already a lot compared to the rest of the world.
However, Dubai obviously does not want to put all its hopes on this 4 billion barrels of oil, so after making a fortune on oil in the early stage, Dubai has been laying out other industries, such as tourism and financial industry in Dubai is developing very well.
By now, Dubai's dependence on oil exports has been very low, according to relevant data, Dubai's oil trade now accounts for only about 5% of the national economy, while non-oil trade accounts for more than 95% of the national economy.
Dubai, like other countries in the UAE, adopts a hereditary monarchy, which has led to the leadership of Dubai has always been in the hands of the Dubai royal family, so a good crown prince, so to speak, is very important for Dubai.
The crown prince is generally the eldest son, and he begins to cultivate the crown prince's ability at a very young age, so that when he grows up, the crown prince can smoothly take over the work of the country and lead the country to continue walking, Dubai also does this, but there may be some problems in between.
The crown prince of Dubai's generation is the highest voice of the eldest prince Rashid, as a national sports hero, it can be said that he is in the limelight, but in the news released by the Dubai royal family, the crown prince is not Rashid, but the second prince Hamdan.
National idol, sports hero
As the eldest son of the Dubai royal family, Rashid can be said to have attracted much attention as soon as he was born, and the old king has always cultivated Rashid as a successor, and it can be seen from Rashid's early educational experience that he is cultivating Rashid completely according to the appearance of his successor.
When Rashid was only a teenager, the old king sent Rashi to study at the Sandhurst Army Officer School, one of the four major military schools in the world.
This school is a well-known existence in the world, and anyone who graduates from this military school is a famous figure in the world, such as former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is a graduate of this military school.
Others, such as the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Dubai School of Government, have all studied in a targeted manner, and it can be said that this is completely paving the way for Rashid so that he can better take his place.
But after returning to China after completing his studies, Rashid did not enter politics according to his father's arrangement, but chose to show his talent in the field of sports, in fact, since childhood, the eldest prince Rashid has shown extremely excellent athletic talent.
Even during his studies abroad, Rashid did not give up his sports hobbies, such as surfing, diving and other sports, the eldest prince was simply at his fingertips, this time he returned to China, "rebellious" he did not enter politics according to his father's request, but chose to enter sports.
The old king was partial to this eldest son, and even though Rashid rebelled against her, he chose to indulge the eldest prince, quietly supported his sports career, and gave Rashid the green light to his sports career under the pretext of supporting his son's hobbies.
If you were to find Rashid's favorite sport among his many sports hobbies, it would be horse racing and football.
Rashid is an avid football enthusiast and a true fan of Manchester United, but his status as a prince is here, and in a sport as confrontational as football, Rashid will never be able to stand on the field as a footballer.
So, the eldest prince took a different path and chose another path to pursue his hobby, he chose to build his own football team, from the players, the field, the club, every part of Rashid hands-on, and even personally supervised the training of the players.
Even "deep in love", it is difficult to help himself, he personally went off the field to train with the players and live his football dream, although each step requires a lot of resources, but in Rashid's eyes it is all worth it.
Now there are players, venues, clubs, but football without confrontation is meaningless, so Rashid spent a lot of money to hold a football match belonging to Dubai - "Prince Rashid Cup".
The "Prince Rashid Cup" has a small audience, low visibility, and uneven levels of participating teams compared to the World Cup, but with Dubai's huge funds, every game is full, although there is still a lot to be desired, but Rashid does not matter, because his purpose of promoting football has been achieved.
Rashid is seen by the people as a sporty and cheerful prince, and this image has won him many supporters among the people, although he did not follow the path his father chose for him, but his approval rating is still the highest among princes.
If football is Rashid's dream that he loves, then horse racing is the sport that Rashid is really good at, and Rashid likes not only in words, but in actions, Rashid's horse racing level is very good even among professional athletes.
In 2003, at the age of 22, Rashid won a silver medal at the European Mochi Championships, the first member of the Dubai royal family to achieve honor in a major event, and Rashid is also the eldest son of the Dubai royal family.
This incident is of great significance to the royal family, and it is a great opportunity to take this opportunity to enhance the prestige of the royal family and the eldest prince Rashid, and after the news was transmitted back to Dubai, it was not expected by the Dubai royal family and caused a huge sensation in the country.
Once known as the prince on horseback by Dubai's people, Rashid lived up to the expectations of Dubai's people, and three years later, at the Asian Games in Doha, Rashid won two individual and team equestrian endurance gold medals for his country.
After learning the news, the old king was even more proud of his eldest son, and a surprising famous scene was born - the king led the horse for Rashid, and as the king of a country, he was willing to lower his status to lead the horse as a prince.
It can be seen how much the old king favored his eldest son, and it can also be seen how spirited Rashid was at that time, strangers like jade, and the son was unparalleled in the world, and everyone at that time would think that Rashid would become the next king.
But no one expected that the cards in his hand were all king fried, but Rashid played a bad hand, and Sheng Sheng ruined his great future on his arrogance and arrogance, and the situation took a sharp turn.
From heaven to hell - a thin line
Although Rashid is very good, he was abandoned by the Dubai royal family, and a news list of "not liking politics, giving up the crown prince" has made Rashid's status very embarrassing.
If you want to say that Rashid does not like to be in politics, why did he not bring it up in his early years, did so many years of training go to waste, and the time cost paid was so abandoned? Such news is sudden for many people, and people can't come back to their senses.
But the Dubai royal family did not give a positive answer to these questions, just blindly said that the eldest prince Rashid himself gave up the throne, but whether this is really the case, we do not know, until the last thing was exposed, we did not know the truth behind it.
It turned out that as early as when he was studying in London, England, Rashid was already deeply involved in drugs and could not extricate himself, after returning to China, when Rashid was studying to deal with government affairs in the government, drug addiction suddenly attacked, and Rashid killed a government assistant.
Although this matter was suppressed by the Dubai royal family, but there is no leaky wall under the sky, this matter is not wrapped in paper after all, the truth is made public, no wonder the Dubai royal family wants to replace the crown prince.
In addition, a long-time servant of the Dubai royal family revealed that Rashid was arrogant and had serious racist tendencies, and he had long called one of his black male subordinates "black slaves", seriously trampled on the personality of others, and discriminated against his Christian faith, believing that he should convert to Islam.
As a prince with an excellent education, Rashid's vision should not be so narrow, his arrogance and impudence, after all, buried himself personally, such a person is indeed not suitable as a crown prince.
If the news of a prince or crown prince actually takes drugs, it will have a very bad impact on the international impact of the Emirate of Dubai, so the old king is very partial to his eldest prince.
But for the sake of the country's image and influence, he had to make such a choice, making the second prince Hamandan the crown prince of Dubai, and the eldest prince Rashid, he can only guarantee his life's prosperity.
Hamandan is actually not inferior to Rashid, the two grew up in the same educational environment, but because Dubai's inheritance system is similar to the inheritance system in ancient China, it is the primogeniture system, so Hamandan does not take the throne to heart, but his excellence is still very dazzling.
But the light and glory that originally belonged to Rashid will be separated from Rashid forever, but Rashid obviously has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter and is still immersed in his own pleasure.
Until the Dubai royal family announced that the second prince Hamandan would marry his cousin Sheikha as the crown prince, as soon as the news came out, the eldest prince Rashid finally couldn't sit still, because Sheikha was his beloved fiancée.
Sheikha, as the cousin of Rashid and Hamandan, can be said to be fairy-looking, and Sheikha is destined to marry the crown prince of Dubai, which has nothing to do with "love", so Rashid has regarded Sheikha as his wife since childhood.
Now he heard that his sweetheart was about to marry his brother, which seemed to Rashid to be a ridiculous joke, and he couldn't accept it at all, so he found the old king and forced him to die, and the Dubai royal family deleted the news.
Although this matter was temporarily suppressed, but after all, it was not a long-term solution, just when the old king did not know how to be good, another bad news came - Rashid died, because of long-term drug use, Rashid died in his own home, the cause was - heart disease.
This matter is not a good thing for the old king, after all, it is a child who he watched grow up, and he still has high hopes for him, although he went astray, but after all, it is his own child!
But this may not be so bad for Dubai, after all, Rashid's drug use and shooting of assistants must finally give an explanation to the people, and Rashid's death can be said to have brought an end to this matter.
epilogue
Rashid originally had a great future that many people could not achieve in their lifetimes, but because of his own personality, he blindly pursued the so-called thrill, fell into the trap of drugs, and buried his future.
Rashid's life can really be described as a thought of heaven and a thought of hell, in the end, only between Rashid's thoughts, but in the end, Rashid chose hell, the prince on horseback, and finally disappeared into the wind of history.
Life is really magical, an inadvertent decision, is likely to deeply affect your life, we may not have the same background as Rashid, but each of us has our own life trajectory, careful to make every decision, is likely to determine your destiny.