Dubai’s billionaire ruler has submitted plans for a luxurious ‘garden space’ that will overlook a Loch at his Scottish Highlands home.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was looking to increase his Inverinate Estate through the construction of the glass-fronted, summer house.
This sprawling structure will be visible from Loch Duich. It is proposed that it increase the sheikh’s enjoyment of his land.
The 72-year-old has an estimated £14billion fortune and bought the 63,000-acre estate in Wester Ross more than 20 years ago.
A 14-bedroom home and a holiday home are already part of the Highland Retreat. The 16-bedroom luxurious hunting lodge has a pool and is next to it.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum was looking to increase his Inverinate Estate and erect a glass-fronted, summer house.
In Epsom Downs, 2011, Princess Haya Bint Alhussein and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum are seen together
This vast building overlooks Loch Duich, and will serve as a ‘enjoyment’ for the sheikh.
South Korean President Moon Jaein (left) & United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, (right), are seen after they held talks at the World Exposition in Dubai.
Highland Council submitted a planning application earlier this month for the 62 square meter garden room with accompanying footpath.
The sheikh’s representative submitted a design statement that stated: “The applicant wants to make the garden room proposed for the enjoyment and use of the estate.”
The garden room at Inverinate will be a more enjoyable place to live for guests and owners.
The proposed site of the garden room is located on the shores of Inverinate Estate on an existing peninsula that juts into the Loch.
The site sits surrounded by a coast wall, and is set against the backdrop of mature trees.
The proposed garden room was located within an area that has been cleared by the coast wall. Access to the garden will be via a pathway that will run through the landscape.
“The garden room proposed has a low profile that seeks to blend in with the backdrop of mature trees and the contemporary lodge.
Princess Haya had asked the court for a total of £1.4billion to provide for her children and their security costs and to compensate her for racehorses, cars and other valuables she said were owed to her
Princess Haya bint Hussein will receive a lump sum payment of £251million as part of a ‘clean break’ from one of the world’s richest men, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, the High Court announced
She did not ask the court for a share of her ex-husband’s wealth but sought maintenance payments for their children and for compensation of more than £19million for racehorses
In March, the local authority will make a decision about the application for planning. The sheikh successfully fought to build six beds in a lodge on the estate, after the Scottish Government overruled an attempt to block it.
It was claimed by locals that it would ruin the natural beauty surrounding Loch Duich, and also be too close to another bungalow.
Planning officials from government said there was no reason to deny permission for the building so long as affordable housing is provided by the sheikh.
Last month a judge in London ordered the sheikh to pay his former wife £554million in Britain’s biggest divorce settlement.
He was told to pay Princess Haya bint al-Hussein an initial lump sum of £251.5million within three months for her and their two children’s security.
This award was awarded after Princess Abdullah II, half-sister to King Abdullah II, of Jordan fled UAE in 2019 along with their children, claiming that she was terrified of her husband.
The extravagant spending on gifts and racehorses, as well as diamonds, kept the lawyers busy for several weeks.
Princess Haya had asked the court for the £1.4billion to provide for her children, Jalila, 14, and Zayed, nine, and their security costs, and to compensate her for racehorses, cars and other valuables she said were owed to her.
The judgement revealed last year how Princess Haya paid £7million to ‘blackmailers’ on her security staff to keep secret her affair with her British bodyguard, Russell Flowers, (circled left). Haya (middle) can be seen alongside Sheikh Mohammed to the right. The photograph was taken at Ascot
Pictured: Princess Haya with Her Majesty The Queen, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (Berkshire) back in 2009.
Sheikh Mohammed – a close friend of the Queen over their mutual love of horse racing – was also found to have had his agents ‘hack’ the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers, including Baroness Fiona Shackleton. The couple are seen together at 2014’s Royal Windsor Horse Show.
She told the judge her £20million jewellery collection in Dubai would have filled his courtroom.
Ex-Olympic showjumper and former Olympic jumper claimed 400 horses from her husband’s Godolphin stables were hers. This included the Epsom Derby winner New Approach in 2008. She stated that the horse was a gift of his to her following the birth their first child.
Haya said he had given her £15million in prize money after the 2018 Dubai World Cup as a reward for help in hosting his guests, adding: ‘It was an incredibly generous thing for Sheikh Mohammed to do.’
She stated that her 15-year marriage with one of the wealthiest men on earth was filled with wonderful gifts.
However, her lavish life turned to terror when her lover discovered that she was with her bodyguard.
According to her, she told the court that she had previously sold cars, gold, jewels, horses and gold in order to pay the bills. She also considered painting, but did not want her children seeing the gaps and realizing what had occurred.
She did not ask the court for a share of her ex-husband’s wealth but sought maintenance payments for their children and for compensation of more than £19million for racehorses.
She also wanted £52million for clothing and jewellery as compensation for items she had left behind.
A 73-page judgment by Mr Justice Moor found that there was a clear and pervasive risk to Princess Sofia and her young children. Sheikh Mohammed was also a threat.
The £554m figure awarded by Mr Justice Moor at the Family Division of the High Court dwarfs the previous highest settlement of £450m made in 2016 to the ex-wife of Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov.
Since fleeing to London, Princess Haya and her children have been living in a £100m mansion in Kensington (pictured) and country home near Egham in Surrey
Mrs Flowers would take the princess to Dalham Hall, a stunning Suffolk estate of 3,000 acres.
Princess Haya’s affair with British bodyguard as she claims she paid out £7m to ‘blackmailers’
The judgement last month revealed how Princess Haya alleged that she had paid out £7million to ‘blackmailers’ on her security staff to keep secret her affair with her British bodyguard, Russell Flowers, which led to the breakdown of her marriage.
Flowers was a five-year veteran of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. He began full-time employment for Haya in 2016, and traveled with her to many countries. MailOnline revealed for the first time that Flowers had an affair with Haya, shortly after being assigned to Haya at Dalham Hall, a 3,000-acre Suffolk estate.
Haya’s full-time employee, Mr Flowers, began his career in 2016
The relationship ended Mr Flowers’s four year marriage
MailOnline was told by friends that they planned to share rooms when he traveled with her overseas. Flowers declined to speak out, citing an agreement not to disclose.
This relationship ended 16 years of marriage between the princess and her husband. She fled Dubai fearing for her life. A loaded gun had been left in her room. The royal palace told her that a helicopter would fly to her and bring her to jail. Giving evidence, the princess admitted she had taken money from one of her children’s bank accounts to ‘pay off’ a total of £7m to her alleged ‘blackmailers’.
Flowers refused to talk about it
The money was allegedly received by three former bodyguards, who were identified in court as Mr. A, B, and C.
Mr A was said to have been given £2.5m while Mr B and Mr C shared £4.45m. The princess’s ex-husband was conducting cross examinations on her to find out the extent of the payouts.
According to the court, cash taken from this account was used to purchase racehorses as well as a large amount sent to her brother in Jordan to finance his palace.
Haya (47) told Haya that it was a ‘convenient decision’ to borrow her daughter’s money. She had intended to repay the money, but she hadn’t yet. She stated to the court that she had the money available for her to pay the payment fast. Judge remarked that the “blackmail” was so easy to pull off and they haven’t been prosecuted.
His judgment stated that “This was clearly an unsatisfactory episode.” Although I don’t know anything about the blackmailers, I believe HRH was very scared at this time. She could have used her allowance to pay all of these expenses.