The Most Beautiful Royals On Earth

Publish date: 2024-05-08

Her name might be a bit of a mouthful to those unfamiliar with Arabic, but don't tell Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum that. As the daughter of the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, Maitha has some serious clout in the Arab world, and we don't just mean politically. The Sheikha is skilled in both karate and taekwondo and even represented her country in the latter at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, becoming the first woman from the United Arab Emirates to compete in the Games.

"I have carried the UAE flag at many championships before, global and regional, but doing the same in Beijing is a different feeling, something completely different," she told Sport 360. She also became the first woman from the UAE to win a gold medal in karate at the Asian Games, but nowadays, she seems to be focused on polo. "In the '90s, women competing in sport was unheard of, but my father was the first person to support women in sports," she told Gulf News in 2019.

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