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Evening Standard
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Emma Loffhagen

The Dubai princess who divorced her husband on Instagram

“Dear Husband, as you are occupied with other companions, I hereby declare our divorce. I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you. Take care. Your ex-wife.”

While high-profile divorces are usually orchestrated by ultra-polished, PR-managed statements, that doesn’t seem to have been the case for the daughter of Dubai’s leader. This was the scathing message that Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum – whose father is Sheikh Mohammed – posted to her 700,000 Instagram followers on Tuesday.

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