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Former Qatar princess Kasia Gallanio was found dead. Images via Twitter @zgrkc@chikistrakiz.

RIP: Former princess of Qatar Kasia Gallanio found dead at the age of 45

Former Princess of Qatar Kasia Gallanio was found dead in her home in the Spanish resort of Marbella on Sunday 29 May.

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Former Qatar princess Kasia Gallanio was found dead. Images via Twitter @zgrkc@chikistrakiz.

The body of former Princess of Qatar Kasia Gallanio was discovered by police at her home in the Spanish resort of Marbella on Sunday 29 May. 

FORMER PRINCESS OF QATAR FOUND DEAD 

Le Parisien reports that the body of Kasia Gallanio was found at her home in Marbella on Sunday 29 May. She was of Polish origin but she was born in Los Angeles. 45-year-old Gallanio was the third wife of the uncle of the Emir of Qatar, 73-year-old Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani. 

The pair tied the knot in 2004 and have three daughters together. Gallanio fought a custody battle with Al-Thani for 10 years after allegations that he sexually assaulted his eldest child. He denied the allegations. The three children lived with their father on the luxurious Avenue Montaigne off the Champs-Elysees in Paris. This was after Gallanio was denied custody.

Gallanio was reportedly staying in Marbella while dealing with depression and alcohol-related problems.

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Former Qatar princess Kasia Gallanio was found dead. Images via Twitter @zgrkc@chikistrakiz.

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GALLANIO SUSPECTED TO HAVE DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE

A post-mortem examination has not yet taken place but initial investigations indicate that she died of a drug overdose. Le Parisien reports that Gallanio’s body was discovered in a bed with no signs of physical violence. 

She was found after her youngest daughter alerted the Spanish police that she was unable to contact her mother for days. The former couple have a set of 17-year-old twin daughters who initially lived Al-Thani before they moved in with Gallanio. She claimed that he cut them off as punishment.

The pair also have a 15-year-old daughter. She lives with Al Thani in a 50,000-square-foot apartment in Paris, where he was exiled following a coup led by his half-brother Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in 1995.

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