Princess Haya paid British bodyguard £1.2m to keep quiet about their affair as she fled Dubai ruler

The wife of the ruler of Dubai paid her British bodyguard lover £1.2 million to keep their affair secret, Mail Online has been told. Princess Haya, the sixth and youngest wife of billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, showered Russell Flowers with extravagant gifts and insisted he accompany her wherever she went. The two-year relationship was … Read more

Senior British diplomat allegedly ‘intervened on Sheikh Maktoum’s side in battle with Princess Haya’

A senior British diplomat intervened on behalf of Sheikh Maktoum just months after his ex-wife Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein fled to London in fear for her life, the High Court heard. British ambassador to Jordan since 2015 Edward Oakden approached Princess Haya’s brother, Prince Ali, last July, ‘threatening, in effect, to render Her Royal Highness … Read more

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

Princess Haya arrives at appeal court with her lawyer Baroness Shackleton

Princess Haya arrives at appeal court with her lawyer Baroness Fiona Shackleton to learn if estranged husband Sheikh Al Maktoum has won right to secrecy in long-running legal row Ruler of Dubai wants to keep two judgments relating to the legal row in secret  Lord Justice Underhill will decide on the issue today at Court of … Read more