‘As You Are Occupied With Other Companions, I Hereby …’ – Dubai Princess Announces Divorce With Royal Husband Just One Year After Their Lavish Wedding
The daughter of Dubai’s ruler has apparently announced her divorce on social media in what would be a rare move for a princess in the United Arab Emirates.
On Wednesday, July 17, Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the daughter of UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced her intention to leave her husband, a fellow royal, via her verified Instagram account.
The mother of one wrote:
“Dear Husband, As you are occupied with other companions, I hereby declare our divorce.”
“I divorce you, I divorce you, and I divorce you,” Sheikha Mahra, 30, added.
“Take care. Your ex-wife,” she concluded her post.
The princess appeared to be invoking the controversial practice of triple divorce that is used in some Muslim countries where a man instantly divorces his wife by declaring it three times.
The method is banned in some countries and isn’t customarily invoked by women against their husbands.
The post comes just a year after she reportedly tied the knot with her partner, Sheikh Mana bin Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mana Al Maktoum.
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Mahra married Sheikh Mana Bin, also a member of the Dubai ruling family, last year in a glamorous ceremony that was featured in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar Arabia and Grazia.
They had a daughter shortly after. Pictures of her with her husband have now been removed from her account. There are no pictures of her on Sheikh Mana’s Instagram account either.
Her post comes two months after she gave birth to her and Sheikh Mana’s daughter. On May 9, Sheikha Mahra shared a photo of the newborn’s tiny hands via Instagram.
On June 4, she also shared a picture of herself cuddling her baby daughter.
“Just the two of us,” she wrote alongside the Instagram image.
