How Haya bint al-Hussein took on her potentate husband Sheikh al-Maktoum after fleeing to the UK 

It was a cloudless evening in April last year when a luxury private jet glided in to land at Farnborough airport near London. Her Royal Highness Haya bint al-Hussein stepped off the opulently-appointed Boeing 737 – and became the third princess to flee one of the world’s richest and most powerful families. And so far … Read more

RICHARD PENDLEBURY: Sheikh al-Maktoum finds out money cannot buy a good reputation 

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, is a man of means. Some even suggest he is the richest man in the world. Certainly he is in possession of several public personas. Clad in traditional Arab robes and keffiyeh, he presents himself as the potentate of … Read more