Dhaka: The alleged secret wife of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has been awarded a multi-million pound payout.

According to The Telegraph Janan Harb, a socialite, ‘won more than £20m in damages and property from the late king’s son to continue the ‘lavish lifestyle’ she had become accustomed to.’

Janan Harb, now 68, said she secretly married the then-Prince Fahd in 1968, but was banished from the kingdom in 1970 because of objections from his family.

A London High Court judge Justice Peter Smith also ordered the late king’s son son, Prince Abdul Aziz, to pay legal costs estimated at more than £1m.

‘Harb had told the court she became the 19-year-old teenage wife of King Fahd in a secret ceremony under sharia law in March 1968 at the Al Sharafiya Palace.

She said members of the family of King Fahd were opposed to their relationship because she was from a Christian family in Palestine.’

‘She was banished from Saudi Arabia in 1970 and, despite both she and the king later remarrying, she maintains he promised to look after her for the rest of her life.’

After the ruling, Harb said: ‘This has been 12 years of misery for me. I am very happy with British justice.

‘Thank God we have British justice. The prince wanted me to go to Saudi Arabia where he would had power over all this.

‘I am very relieved. I only wish he could have honoured his father’s wishes ... he is being very mean.

‘This is a very difficult case. I really thank the judge so much. He was so understanding.’