On April 20, local time, Haya bint Hussein, known as the Princess of Dubai, and Sarah Fergus, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, hugged each other tightly in Southampton, a port city in southern England. Together, it looks like the two are a real bestie, although there has been no previous news of their friendship.
Haya, 49, is the ex-wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai. The two officially separated in December 2021.
Haya and Sheikh Mohammed’s marriage lasted for 16 years, and they filed for divorce in 2019. However, because it involved issues of property and child support, the divorce lawsuit was also protracted. Fortunately, the final result made Haya feel Satisfied, he not only received a sky-high breakup fee of 554 million pounds (about 4.97 billion rmb) (said to be the largest divorce settlement in British history), but also received full custody of his two children, allowing them to grow up by his side. , rather than being sent back to Dubai.
reported that Haya participated in a welcome event that day to welcome a scientific research ship with an all-female crew back home after its global trip.
The photo was shared on social media by Sarah, who retains the title of "Duchess of York". It can be seen that Haya also brought her children, 16-year-old Princess Jalila and 12-year-old Zayed prince.
Even before the divorce, Haya mainly lived in the UK, so her two children also received British education, and they were not so familiar with Dubai.
Although Haya often appeared in London's upper-class social circles before the divorce, she has kept a low profile since the divorce and is reported to rarely make public appearances. The last time she was seen was in September 2022, when she attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II with a sad face.
She went with her brother, Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. Although her other brother, the current King Abdul II of Jordan, also attended that day, the brother and sister did not travel together.
In 2004, Haya, the princess of Jordan, accepted the marriage proposal from the Ruler of Dubai at the Royal Palace of Jordan. Because her father Hussein had passed away at that time, the king's half-brother became the one to send her off for marriage.
It is worth noting that Sheikh Mohammed married seven wives in total, but six of them, including Haya, divorced him. Only the first wife Hind bint Maktoum bin Ju Ma Al Maktoum has always been married to him. The two are cousins and have 12 children together. The 74-year-old Sheikh Mohammed has a total of 26 children.
The specific reasons why the other five wives divorced Sheikh Mohammed are not very clear to the outside world, but according to the British media, Haya's divorce stemmed from "infidelity."
Haya and her British bodyguard Russell Flowers developed feelings during the contact, although the man was also married. It is said that Haya gave full play to the magic of money during this shady relationship and gave Russell a large number of gifts, including houses, luxury watches, pistols with gem-inlaid butts, etc., and even used money to buy Russell’s The wife quit on her own initiative.
The final result was that Russell got divorced, but he did not stay with Haya for a long time, and he did not even want to mention this past incident.
