2002-02-15 04:00:00 PDT Cairo-- When does an emir get to become a king? When he says so. Yesterday, in the Persian Gulf emirate of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al- Khalifa anointed himself with a ...

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa solved this dilemma with a Rolls-Royce when he attended the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023.

"The ruler of Bahrain revoked my citizenship today without a court, any charges or clear evidence of why," United Kingdom-based Bahraini blogger and activist Ali Abdulemam wrote on Twitter.

The princess also wore Queen Elizabeth II’s Bahrain pearl drop earrings, which were gifted to the late monarch by the ruler of Bahrain in 1947. She had previously worn the earrings to ...