Maha al-Sudairi

Maha bint Mohammed Al Sudairi is the former wife of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Personal life Maha was a cousin and third wife of Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, with whom she has five children: One of her daughters, Nouf bint Nayef (born 1984), is the wife of Mohammad bin Abdullah, the son of Prince Nayef's half-brother and former King Abdullah. Maha's son Nawwaf was detained along with his older half-brother Mohammed bin Nayef and his uncle Ahmed bin Abdulaziz in early March 2020. In August 2020 although not announced officially some Twitter accounts reported that Prince Nawwaf had been released.

Controversy Princess Maha acquired a luxurious property in Sweetwater Club Blvd., known as "Millionaires Row" in Sweetwater Club, Seminole County, Florida, for $2 million, and she spent another $4 million on improvements, including having a guesthouse and prayer chapel constructed. The house was fitted with an elaborate security system and an arsenal. The servant would not press charges, but the princess abandoned her multimillion-dollar property with the windows open to the elements and never returned to the country. Shops she patronised report that her payment history had always been excellent, but that her staff started shrugging off payment all of a sudden. Casualwear retailer Key Largo finally secured payment after obtaining a court order to seize goods from her Georges V hotel suite. Bailiffs were met by the Saudi consul, who issued a guaranteed payment for $125,000 in the presence of a chief of police. both in Saudi Arabia and in the US state of Virginia. However these claims were found to be false, and the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in August 2022.