Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police
The daughter of the ruler of Dubai, who tried to flee the emirate in 2018 but was forcibly returned, has used a smuggled phone to send a series of secret video messages taken over the past two years claiming she was being held “hostage” in a locked villa surrounded by police.
The messages have since ceased, and campaigners for Princess Latifa al-Maktoum are calling for international intervention in her case.