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Video report from ITV News correspondent Paul Davies
In 2018, the daughter of Dubai s powerful ruler tried to flee the United Arab Emirates (UAE), claiming she was being abused and imprisoned against her will.
Sheikha Latifa bin Mohammed Al Maktoum s attempt to escape failed - commandos intercepted the boat she was on in the Arabian Sea and dragged her away, kicking and screaming.
Almost three years after the incident, the Sheika Latifa has re-emerged in new videos.
The footage, published on Tuesday, shows her in a villa converted into a jail , saying she fears for her safety and life.
Sheikha Latifa makes fresh allegations in a series of new videos
Dubai princess imprisoned by father in villa jail urges UN for rescue in smuggled message
Princess Latifa made a number of unsuccessful dramatic attempts to flee the country, but was brought back.
February 17, 2021 07:02 GMT
Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai s ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has sent out an appeal for rescue from the villa jail where she is allegedly imprisoned.
In a series of video messages she recorded in her washroom, the only room in the villa she is allowed to lock, the princess shared details of her ordeal and her failed attempts to escape the jail. The recordings have been obtained by BBC Panorama, which aired them in a programme titled The Missing Princess on Tuesday.
Marcus Essabri, a cousin who lives in England, told the BBC that the videos stopped about six months ago and there had been no word from Latifa since then.
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