Born Princess Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud, she was a Saudi Arabian princess, who was publicly executed by her family for adultery at age 19. She was a granddaughter of Prince Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz, who was the older brother of the then King of Saudi Arabia, King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz. Her story was documented in the 1980 PBS docu - drama Death of a Princess. According to the documentary, she was attending the American university in Beirut. She fell in love with the son of the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, but was summoned by the family to Riyadh to marry a man old enough to be her father. Eloping with her lover, she was married in Jeddah and from there made plans to flee the country. She and her lover were caught at the airport in Jeddah, and were later executed by being shot in the head on the orders of her grandfather, Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Born Princess Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud, she was a Saudi Arabian princess, who was publicly executed by her family for adultery at age 19. She was a granddaughter of Prince Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz, who was the older brother of the then King of Saudi Arabia, King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz. Her story was documented in the 1980 PBS docu - drama Death of a Princess. According to the documentary, she was attending the American university in Beirut. She fell in love with the son of the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, but was summoned by the family to Riyadh to marry a man old enough to be her father. Eloping with her lover, she was married in Jeddah and from there made plans to flee the country. She and her lover were caught at the airport in Jeddah, and were later executed by being shot in the head on the orders of her grandfather, Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
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