A princess who fled Dubai before being seized from a yacht by armed men and returned to the ruling family is a “troubled young woman” who is receiving psychiatric care, the former Irish president Mary Robinson has said, The Times noted.

Ms Robinson, a former UN human rights commissioner, said that Sheikha Latifa, 33, daughter of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 69, was a “troubled young woman who has a medical situation . . . this is a family matter now and she is in the loving care of her family”.

Her Highness Latifa had made an unsuccessful attempt to flee the country in March. A source close to the Dubai government told AFP in April that the 32-year-old princess had been “brought back” to Dubai.