According to a survey by the United Nations Human Rights Organization, the Middle East is the most serious place for men and women in the world.
Due to religious thought, most countries here are still implementing the "polygamy" system. A man can marry four wives legally, and there are more wives from nobles, and they are almost unrestricted.
Middle East Women do not have the right to choose a spouse independently, and can only be used by their father and brother as bargaining chips for the family to exchange interests. Once they get married, their lives are bound to their husbands and they have no personal freedom.
Because of this, "Princess Diplomacy" has been prevalent in the Middle East in recent years - various Islamic kingdoms have made princesses into diplomatic stars. As the representative of their own women, they have created a confident and open image of women in the West to conceal their own shortcomings in women's rights.
However, Dubai 's "Princess Diplomacy" has completely failed.
In 2019, the princess " Princess Haya " who followed the king Mohammed all year round, actually fled to the UK with her children and divorced the king in a high-profile manner.
In Dubai, where the religious atmosphere is strong, this is simply a great humiliation of the royal family. Princess Haya also revealed the dark story of the Dubai royal family overseas, saying that Mohammed was a control freak who abused his daughter and wife and chose to escape for self-protection.
In 2021, the divorce case between Princess Haya and Mohammed ended. Princess Haya was also awarded a divorce compensation of 500 million pounds, about 4 billion yuan, setting a record in the UK.
So, how did Princess Haya and Muhammad combine? Why did she risk her life to escape with her children? The Dubai King lost the lawsuit. Will he be so let it go?
1. For the sake of the country, the confident princess married the old king
Hya . Princess Hussein is the sister of Jordan The current king Abdullah , born in 1974.
When Princess Haya was three years old, her mother Princess Aliya died in an air crash, so her father, King Hussein, was very fond of her, and her brother Abdullah also loved this sister very much.
Haya studied in the UK and received a full set of English elite education, proficient in English and French.
When he was in school in the UK, Haya fell in love with equestrianism. Her father, Hussein, , supported her daughter very much, and bought her a good horse and hired a British coach to train.
1986, 13-year-old Haya participated in the equestrian competition on behalf of Jordan and won the ranking. 992, she won the third place in equestrian at in Pan Arab Games, which is the best result for women in this event.
html In the early 190s, Haya graduated from Oxford University in the UK. Back in her motherland, Jordan, she was active in the sports world due to her experience in equestrian competitions. In 2000, she even represented Jordan in the Olympics and served as the flag bearer.
In the Middle East, many women wear headscarves or even wear veils when they go out, but Princess Haya is an exception. Her confident and beautiful smile is published on the cover of the pictorial and she has become a popular lover in the Arab world.
However, Haya was not married before she was 30 years old, Until 2004, the super rich man in the Middle East, Dubai King Mohammed, threw a rose to her.
At that time, King Mohammed fell in love with this young and confident woman. He proposed marriage to King Abdullah of Jordan and finally successfully got the 30-year-old Princess Haya to marry him.
But Mohamed is in his 50s, has 5 princesses and nearly 20 children. Princess Haya has been exposed to Western education since she was a child and is basically a British man. It is difficult for her to accept this marriage in her heart.
However, Jordan and Dubai have a lot of economic cooperation, and she bears the responsibilities of the Jordanian royal family on her shoulders, and in the end Haya can only make sacrifices.
2. Marry into the royal family, but is in prison
In 2004, Princess Haya and Muhammad got married. The royal families of all countries sent people to attend and sent blessings.
Since then, Princess Haya has become a diplomatic star in Dubai, showing up in the Athens Olympics , Beijing Olympics, and also served as the 008 Beijing Olympics torchbearer.
Whenever Mohammed visits countries around the world, the princess follows behind, and Princess Haya is the only woman in the visiting group. He wears a Western dress and is completely less restrained than the women in Middle Eastern countries, adding a lot of color to the Dubai royal family.
In the first 10 years when Princess Haya married Muhammad, Haya was happy. She was in a good mental state and the king also gave her freedom. Haya would even go overseas as a personal identity.
But in 2019, the British media suddenly exposed news: The star princess of the Dubai royal family, "Princess Haya", secretly escaped from Dubai with two children.
Princess Haya first hid in Germany, and later transferred to London, England. She also carried 30 million pounds with her as living expenses, which was equivalent to escaping with 260 million yuan. It seemed that she wanted to break up with the king.
After the princess' escape, Dubai King Mohammed posted a poem on his social networking website:
"You cheated away the most precious thing in the world - the trust I give you. You made a big mistake and left without regret. From then on, your life and death have nothing to do with me."
As soon as this news came out, European and Middle Eastern media were talking about it, because in the history of the Middle East, the escape of female nobles has been repeatedly banned. The Dubai royal family has had two "princess escapes", but they were both caught by Mohammed.
British media believes that it may be that the old king of Dubai is too strict with his family, especially female family members have no human rights, so it makes Princess Haya, who yearns for freedom, and finally leaves home and flees.
Princess Haya also admitted to the media in London that it was her husband's morbid desire to control that hurt her, and she chose to run away because she was forced to helplessly.
The Dubai royal family's scandal of restricting the freedom of female members first appeared in 2000. At that time, Princess Shasa of Dubai secretly escaped from Dubai for Europe, but was intercepted by UAE agent halfway.
Princess Shasa was then placed under house arrest. Mohamed ordered her to be monitored 24 hours a day, and even someone was with her to go to the bathroom to prevent her from escaping and to prevent her from committing suicide.
According to another princess, " Latifa ", Princess Shasa was not only under house arrest, but also under medication. In the end, Princess Shasa disappeared from the royal life, became a "zombie" who lost her sense of self.
Of course, there is no evidence to prove all this, it is just the statement of the second escaped princess Latifa.
In 2017, Princess Latifa also fled Dubai and was about to secretly go to the United States on a steamer.
Mohamed stopped her back when he found out, but Latifa secretly recorded the video before leaving and handed it over to a mysterious friend. After he was arrested, the friend released the video.
Latifa said that the Dubai kings have a strong desire for control and are very harsh on female members. They have no freedom and are just waiting for the royal family to marry them to strange men when they become adults.
Latifa even made a pessimistic prediction: the last escaped Princess Shasa is no longer human or ghost, and she may be the same as her in the future.
After the incident, foreign media speculated that Princess Latifa encountered an unexpected accident, but the Dubai royal family denied this statement. The royal family posted photos of Latifa's birthday as evidence, which made the rumors self-defeated.
Al Jazeera in the Middle East made different evaluations on this. Arab believes: "Aristocratic women often receive education in Europe since childhood. They have Western ideas. They accept very little Arab traditions. They only want to enjoy the royal money and do not care about the honor and responsibility of the royal family. Therefore, the royal family has to restrict them from doing anything wrong."
Europeans and Arabs have different opinions, but no matter what, Princess Haya's escape was different from the two princesses, and it was successful in one go.
After all, Haya has been active in Europe for a long time and has many nobles and political friends in Europe, and these people may help her escape.
3. Haya won the divorce lawsuit, the old king released the cheating scandal
Starting in 2019, Princess Haya fought a divorce lawsuit with King Mohammed in London, England. She not only had to get the custody of her two children, but also asked the king to compensate hundreds of millions of pounds of compensation.
The lawsuit was fought from 2019 to 2021. In the end, Princess Haya won the case, her children were raised, and King Mohammed had to pay 500 million pounds to Haya, of which 200 million must be paid in cash.
This divorce lawsuit even surpassed the divorce case of Russian oligarch Berezovsky , becoming the most expensive divorce lawsuit in the world.
Princess Haya smiled again after the divorce. She will live in Europe for a long time. Her mother country Jordan has also given her nationality. Her brother King Abdullah appointed her as a Jordanian diplomat, which is a kind of protection for her sister.
Although Princess Haya has won a great victory, King Mohammed was not idle . The Dubai royal family quickly released a scandal, which caused an uproar in the UK:
Princess Haya did not actually escape because of being restricted by the king. In fact, she and her bodyguards got involved and did something that insulted the royal family. The king became furious when he found out, and Princess Haya ran for his life overnight.
This bodyguard that moved the princess was British, named Russell, who was only 37 years old, and was in his prime. He was naturally in the sky and underground with the old king in his 60s.
Russell is a British military member. After retiring from the army, he joined a senior security company and specializes in providing security services to distinguished guests all over the world. It is rumored that he met Haya during a job protecting the Dubai royal family and sparked a spark with her.
There is a witness in this matter, which is the wife of the bodyguard. She said that Princess Haya gave her husband cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Dubai royal family said that in order to keep other bodyguards secretly, Haya also gave them a lot of benefits, with a total amount of about 6 million US dollars.
Princess Haya lived next door with Russell when she participated in the sports meeting. She refused to follow other bodyguards when she went out. The two were so blatant that some paparazzi sold the photos to the Dubai royal family, leaving the king with no face.
This is what King Muhammad wrote in his poem: "You cheated my trust and left it."
And according to Princess Haya herself, this is all slander from the royal family.
After the divorce lawsuit, I was threatened with death many times. Some mysterious people appeared around my house, and there were even an anonymous letter saying "Danger is coming."
Later, Princess Haya bought a super luxury house worth more than 80 million pounds in London and lived with her own children. Now she has hundreds of millions of pounds of assets, which can ensure she can rest assured for the rest of her life.
As for Princess Haya’s divorce lawsuit, all countries and sectors hold two views.
Western society generally believes that this is a "victory" and a model for women to pursue free marriage.
But some people think that Princess Haya did smear the royal family. She came together with the bodyguard at the age of 40, a wolf-like tiger, and put a hat on the dignified king. This is something that a man can't bear.
And someone has carefully studied Haya's two children. The eldest daughter looks very Middle Eastern, while the younger son doesn't have much Middle Eastern feeling. His eyebrows and eyes look like white Europeans. The story behind this is a bit elusive.
Middle Eastern countries have always been ruthless in dealing with such marital affair. If Haya doesn't leave, she will either be under house arrest or be executed secretly.
There are Middle East issues Experts believe that Princess Haya's escape was a personal victory, but it had negative impacts on the Middle East royal family.
Since Haya, the royal families of various countries may more restrict female members, and may even stop allowing girls to go to Europe for education, and fundamentally cut off women's idea of resisting the royal family.
text/Business Wild
Reference materials: "UAE: Prime Minister's Wife Escape with £31 million", None
