Dubai Princess Appears to Divorce Husband In Instagram Post: ‘Take Care’

Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s current ruler and the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — has appeared to have declared her intent to divorce her husband on social media. 

On Wednesday, Sheikha Mahra shared a post on her verified Instagram account, saying that she was ending her marriage since her husband has allegedly been “occupied with other companions.”

“Dear Husband, As you are occupied with other companions, I hereby declare our divorce,” the 30-year-old princess wrote to her partner, Sheikh Mana bin Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mana Al Maktoum.

“I divorce you, I divorce you, and I divorce you,” Sheikha Mahra added, which BBC reports is seemingly a reference to the Islamic practice known as triple talaq, which allows husbands to divorce their wives by saying “I divorce you” three times.

“Take care. Your ex-wife,” she concluded her post.

According to the BBC, the couple married in April 2023 in a lavish ceremony, and their first child was born in May.

Sheikha Mahra announced their daughter’s birth in an Instagram post shared on May 2, and shared a photo of the newborn’s tiny hands via Instagram a week later, which she captioned “✨🤍✨.”

More recently, on June 4, she also shared a picture of herself cuddling her daughter. “💕 Just the two of us 💕,” she wrote alongside the photo.

The princess appears to have deleted all the pictures of her husband on her feed.

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