Sara bint Mashour Al Saud ( ar, سارة بنت مشهور آل سعود) is a member of the

Saudi royal family The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), an ...

. She is the granddaughter of

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

. She is married to her cousin,

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wif ...

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, محمد بن سلمان آل سعود, translit=Muḥammad bin Salmān Āl Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985), colloquially known by his initials MBS or MbS, is Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. H ...

, son and heir of

King Salman Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, سلمان بن عبد العزیز آل سعود, , ; born 31 December 1935) is King of Saudi Arabia, reigning since 2015, and served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2022. The 25th son of Kin ...

Biography

Sara bint Mashour is the daughter of Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Noura bint Mohammed Saud Al Kabir. Her father is the son of King Abdulaziz and Nouf bint Nawaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan. Her mother, Noura, is the daughter of

Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer ( ar, محمد ابن سعود أل كبير, Muḥammad ibn Suʿūd Āl Kabīr; 1908 – November 1998) was a Saudi royal and businessman. He was a nephew of King Abdulaziz. He was the patriarch of the Al Kabeer cla ...

and granddaughter of

Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, نورة بنت عبد الرحمن آل سعود ''Noura bint ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd''; 1875 – July 1950) was the eldest daughter of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd, and the elder sister a ...

and Saud Al Kabir. Princess Sara married Prince Mohammed on 6 April 2008. They have five children, three boys and two girls: Prince Salman, Prince Mashour, Princess Fahda, Princess Noura and Prince Abdulaziz (born April 2021). The first four were named after their grandparents, and the fifth one is named after his great-grandfather King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia. According to

Ali al-Ahmed Ali Abbas al-Ahmed (alt.: Ali AlAhmed) ( ar, علي عباس آل أحمد, Gulf pronunciation: ; born 1966, is a Saudi analyst focusing on the politics of the Persian Gulf region: including terrorism, Islamic movements, Wahhabi Islam, Saudi poli ...

Institute for Gulf Affairs Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute) is a Washington, D.C.-based human rights advocacy group and think tank that monitors politics and education in the Middle East. "Witnesses: Saudi forces fire on protesters, injure 3", March 1 ...

, based on the anonymous sources from the Al Saud family it was reported that Princess Sara had been subject to domestic violence since the early days of her marriage. Similar allegations were also mentioned in the book entitled ''Saudi Bodyguard'' by Mark Young who had worked for the family.

References

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