Jordan keeps silent in case pitting princess against sheikh


  • World
  • Thursday, 01 Aug 2019

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the wife of Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, leaves the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan is staying silent about a legal battle pitting a Jordanian princess against her estranged husband, the ruler of Dubai, as King Abdullah seeks to contain any fallout from a case involving his half-sister and a vital Gulf ally.

Jordan's state-run media made no mention of the London court hearing where Princess Haya, wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, applied for a "forced marriage protection order" in relation to one of her two children.

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