A wife of Dubai's ruling Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has fled to London and is reportedly in fear for her life after uncovering "disturbing facts" about the disappearance of her stepdaughter last year.
Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, 45, is the sixth wife of Dubai's leader, 69, whom she married in 2004 to become his "junior wife".
She is the daughter of the former King of Jordan and half-sister to King Abdullah, as well as an Olympic athlete with a passion for horses who first represented her country age 13.
She is now holed up in an £85 million mansion in London with her two children aged 7 and 11, in preparation for a legal battle in the UK's high court.
Sources close to Princess Haya have told British media she was prompted to leave Dubai having discovered "disturbing facts" about the disappearance of Princess Latifa, 33, one of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters who fled from Dubai last year only to be returned months later.