On June 8, 2026, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden received Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai in audience at the Royal Palace. Sheikha Latifa is visiting Sweden together with a delegation from the United Arab Emirates. The visit has a broad focus, particularly on health and innovation. Sheikha Latifa is an Emirati princess and a member of the Dubai ruling family. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. For the occasion, the Crown Princess wore a blush floral dress by Saloni.
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This dress is absolutely wonderful and very appropriate for this visitor! Well done Victoria!
ReplyDeleteI don't think that Victoria has to adapt her visitor's own modesty presciptions - in her, Victoria's own country . Or is the Sheikha desired to adapt the fashion rules of the country she visits? No, she is not. And Victoria is even less required to follow the rules of a country and a religion which is not her own. -
ReplyDeleteSometimes she simply wears a - sorry to say, but: a disturbingly ugly dress, reminiscent of romantic wallpapers or the textile cover furniture in some palaces, maybe. This is floral overload of the worst kind - for me.
I want to like the dress, as it does fit well and nice length. I don’t like the neckline, it is missing something, but with the business of the pattern hard to say what.
ReplyDeleteThe sheikha looks lovely in pale blue and I like how she twisted the scarf end . Two lovely ladies, very classy.
The Saloni dress is pretty but the print is very busy. The colours in it make it even more busier looking. To me, it doesn't suit Victoria and I seem to sense that she may have chosen it because it vaguely resembles an arabic print, and would be a kind and thoughtful consideration to her guest. If this was the case, I commend her for it.
ReplyDeleteAs for Sheika Latifa, I really like the way she has worn the long part of her headscarf in the front, twisted that way. I've never seen a scarf worn like that by a dignitary and it looks very nice.
- Anon 9:13
This Sheikha Latifa I. True to the Dubai ruler's principles. She has two sisters/half-sisters that go by the same name, one of which (Latifa II) has tried to escape Dubai and her father, was caught off the coast of India, brought back forcefully to Dubai, and has not been seen since, except one appearance where she was apparently drugged and presented to someone from the UN. After that, she managed to smuggle a video out of her prison cell. That was the last the world heard of her. Also, another daughter, Sheikha Shamsa, tried to flee before that, and was also caught and imprisoned. The case of Sheikha Latifa II was, btw., the final straw that made Princess Haya (of Jordan, once married to Sheikh Mohammed Al Makhtoum) seek refuge with her two children in London and divorce her husband. Just for additional context.
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