Shamsa

Dubai Princess Latifa sends note to UK police begging them to reopen probe into sister Shamsa

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Princess Latifa al Maktoum, the kidnapped daughter of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed, has asked British police to re-investigate the snatching of her older sister from a Cambridge street in a secret letter sent from captivity in Dubai. Latifa has begged Cambridgeshire Police to start a new probe claiming it could help free Princess Shamsa, who was … Read more

Detective who investigated the kidnap of Princess Shamsa says he was told of ‘sensitivities

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The detective who tried to investigate a princess’s kidnapping says his inquiry was shut down to save official embarrassment. David Beck was investigating the 2000 abduction of teenage Princess Shamsa from Cambridge by her father, the ruler of Dubai, when the case was shelved amid alleged meddling from the Foreign Office. It is claimed that … Read more