Princess on a mission: Dubai’s Haya

She lives in perhaps the most glittering place on earth, but as a child she dreamed of a green countryside with horses — a place she caught glimpses of in children’s fiction.

She called it “horse heaven … my escape and the place I dreamed of.”

It is called Kentucky.

You might not yet know her name. But you will be hearing a lot more about her soon.

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein — wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan — is the president of FEI, the international horse sport organization that oversees the World Equestrian Games that Lexington will host in 2010…

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Date: 11-28-2008
Source: kentucky.com