Saudi princess reveals horror of being held captive by dad

A Saudi princess, Sahar, has claimed that her father King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has confined her and her three sisters in separate dark and suffocating quarters at his palace where they are isolated, alone and cut-off from the outside world.

The 42-year-old princess told the New York Post that they were hostages and no one comes see them, and they could not go see anyone and their father was responsible and his sons, their half-brothers, were both culprits in this hardship.

Alanoud Al Fayez, the princess' mum, who fled to London, asserted that they once had a normal life in Saudi Arabia, but they were free thinkers, and her husband hated that.

Al Fayez added that they had felt some oppression before she left, but when his husband found that she had gone, he vowed that he would kill the girls, slowly.

Sahar added that their energy was quite low and they were trying their best to survive.

She said that his father said that after his death, their brothers would continue to confine them and abuse them.