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5 Disturbing Facts About Princess Latifa’s Escape From Dubai
The dreadful secrets buried in a realm of gold and glam
“If you are watching this video, it’s not such a good thing. Either I’m dead or I’m in a very, very, very bad situation.”
These were the harrowing words uttered by Princess Latifa in a video that shook the world and showed us that all that glitters is not gold. Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — the Prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the powerful ruler of Dubai. She was a shy, adventurous social activist and was popularly known as the ‘Sky Diving Princess’.
To the world, she seemed to be a happy, privileged woman who had a life most people can only dream of. And this is indeed true because one can only dream of the trauma she underwent in her quest for freedom. You see, beyond the luxury and riches, there is a dark world that is not so shiny.
This story revealed that to some unfortunate, “rebellious” women of the Dubai Royal Family, their palace was just a glorified, gilded cage.
