Secret British Wife of Late Saudi King Wins £15 Million Payout From His Son After Court Battle

68 year old Janan Harb who says she is the secret wife of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has won her claim to a £15 million payout to honour a promise that she would be ‘looked after for the rest of her life,’ DailyMail reports.

Ms. Harb said she had secretly married the then-Prince Fahd, but had been banished from the kingdom in 1970 because of objections from his family. She told the court that she married King Fahd in March 1968 when she was 19 years old in a secret ceremony under sharia law at the Al Sharafiya Palace. She added that members of the family of King Fahd were opposed to their relationship because she was from a Christian family in Palestine; they also wrongly accused her of being involved in the King’s addiction to methadone.

She was banished from Saudi Arabia in 1970 and, despite both she and the king later remarrying, she maintains he promised to look after her for the rest of her life.

The case was brought against Prince Abdul Aziz, son of another wife of the king, who Ms Harb said met her at the Dorchester Hotel in London in 2003 when the king was seriously ill. She said that he agreed to pay her £12 million and transfer back to her two flats in Pier House, Chelsea, to keep his father’s promise of lifelong financial support. The prince however made written statements to the court denying her claims.

A judge at London’s High Court has now found that she was indeed promised a large sum of money shortly before the king’s death in 2005 as well two luxury flats in Chelsea.

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Justice Peter Smith backed her claim for a payout, finding that she is entitled to over £15 million plus the value of two expensive London properties. The judge said he accepted Ms Harb’s claim and ruled there had been an agreement. After the ruling, Ms Harb said,

“This has been 12 years of misery for me. I am very happy with British justice. Thank God we have British justice. The prince wanted me to go to Saudi Arabia where he would have had power over all this. I am very relieved. I only wish he could have honoured his father’s wishes… he is being very mean. This is a very difficult case. I really thank the judge so much. He was so understanding.”