King Hamad Bin Isa: Visits to UK and Egypt


24 May 2019 | 1 minute read

King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa travelled to the UK on 9 May to attend the Royal Windsor Horse Show, attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Hamad has been a regular at the show in recent years. However, his regular presence didn’t stop the visit attracting criticism in the local UK media, with objections in some quarters to the queen’s willingness to turn a blind eye to political repression in Bahrain.

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