Emir’s son dies in London aged 39: UAE city of Sharjah will hold three days of mourning for businessman owner of British fashion chain Qasimi
- The fashion label owner died in London yesterday, it was revealed this afternoon
- Flags in United Arab Emirates are ordered to fly at half-mast as nation mourns
- Tributes are flooding on social media expressing condolences to the Emir
By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline
Published: 08:58 EDT, 2 July 2019 | Updated: 11:13 EDT, 2 July 2019
Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (pictured) died in London yesterday
The son of Sharjah’s ruler has died aged 39 in London, it was revealed this afternoon.
Qasimi fashion label owner Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi was the son of Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, who rules the city in the United Arab Emirates.
Flags in the country are ordered to fly at half-mast over as three days of mourning commence.
Tributes are flooding social media expressing condolences to the Emir and his family following yesterday’s death.
The prince set up the menswear label Qasimi in the UK in 2008 and its flagship UK store is in Soho in the London Borough of Westminster.
The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs said in a statement: ‘President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan mourns with grief and sorrow, the death of Sheikh Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the son of the Ruler of Sharjah, praying to Allah the Almighty to rest his soul in peace, and grant his family patience and solace.’
The fashion label owner (pictured) set up his menswear brand in London in 2008 and yesterday died in the capital
The ruler (pictured) is mourning the death of his second son as flags in the UAE are ordered to fly at half-mast
Pictured: The social media announcement that revealed the prince had died in London yesterday
Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi came into power in 1972. This is the second of his children to die.
His eldest son, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, died of a heroin overdose aged 24 in 1999, the Independent reported at the time.
He was reportedly found on his bathroom floor at home in East Grinstead surrounded by syringes.
This locator map shows where the city of Sharjah is in the UAE, which is now mourning the death of Qasimi fashion label owner Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi who was the son of its ruler Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi
A sunset view of the “The Eye of Sharjah” – a giant wheel located near corniche side. of the City of Sharjah in the UAE
The menswear fashion brand founder (pictured on the runway for his London Fashion Week show) died in London yesterday, it was revealed today
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