Former Qatari princess found dead in Spanish home

A former princess of Qatar has been discovered useless in her house in southern Spain, authorities stated Wednesday. 

Kasia Gallanio, 46, was the third spouse of billionaire Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, the uncle of the present Emir of Qatar. She was discovered by Spanish police in her house in Marbella on Wednesday, a Malaga police spokeswoman stated. 

Gallanio was born in Los Angeles and was of Polish origin. She had been residing in Spain whereas battling issues with alcoholism and melancholy, French newspaper Le Parisien reported.

Her lifeless physique was found in mattress after one in every of her daughters in France known as the Spanish police as she had not been returning her calls, the spokeswoman stated. There have been no indicators of a wrestle. 

Gallanio had married the Emir’s uncle in 2004. The pair had three daughters collectively however their marriage shortly fell aside. They fought a bitter custody battle for over a decade after allegations that al-Thani, now 73 years outdated, had sexually assaulted his eldest baby. He has repeatedly denied this.

Gallanio had been residing in one of many couple’s houses within the Spanish resort metropolis whereas her three youngsters stayed with their father, within the luxurious Avenue Montaigne off the Champs-Elysees in Paris.  

An post-mortem is because of be held shortly. Louis Spagnuolo, a buddy of Gallanio in Marbella, instructed the Spanish newspaper Olive Press that opposite to some experiences, Gallanio was “towards medicine” and never an alcoholic.

“I knew her very, very nicely and am devastated by the information,” he stated. “She was an excellent particular person and people who knew her liked her.

“She liked her daughters past perception and would by no means go away them. She was useless towards medicine and was by no means an alcoholic.”