In a picture posted to Instagram two days ago by both former Royal Navy member Sioned Taylor and another user, Princess Latifa is seated with two women at a cafe table in what Taylor identified as Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates. Friends of the princess told the BBC that the photograph was legitimate. The now 35-year-old Latifa fled Dubai in early 2018, accusing her father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, of years of abuse. Sheikh Mohammed has said that the raid on the Nostromo was a rescue mission, and has consistently rejected allegations of abuse against at least two of his 25 children. Last month, the UN said the UAE had failed to provide compelling proof that Latifa is still alive.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2021 18:31 UTC