Princess Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the daughter of UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has announced her divorce from her husband, Sheikh Mana Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, also a member of the country’s ruling family.
Sheikha Mahra took to her Instagram account on Wednesday to make the announcement in what would be a rare move for a princess in the United Arab Emirates.
The 30-year-old cited her husband being “occupied with other companions” as reason for her decision to exit the royal marriage.
“Dear husband, as you are occupied with other companions, I hereby declare our divorce.
“I divorce you, I divorce you, and I divorce you. Take care. Your ex-wife,” Princess Sheikha Mahra wrote as she appeared to be invoking the controversial practice of triple divorce pronouncements that is obtainable in some Muslim countries, where a man instantly divorces his wife by declaring so thrice.
The method is banned in some countries and isn’t customarily invoked by women against their husbands.
The couple got married last year in a glamorous ceremony. They welcomed a daughter shortly after.
Neither the UAE government nor Mahra’s husband Sheikh Mana have publicly commented on the Instagram post.