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
Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (pictured) died in London yesterday
The son of Sharjah’s ruler died aged 39 in London yesterday, it was revealed this afternoon.
Mens 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 have been ordered to fly at half mast as the nation begins three days of morning.
Tributes have flooded in on social media expressing condolences to the Emir, who lost another son aged 24 in 1999.
The prince was born in Sharjah but moved to the UK aged nine where he was educated at the prestigious Tonbridge School in Kent.
He studied French and Spanish at Imperial College London before moving on to art school Central Saint Martins, where he launched his menswear label Qasimi Homme in 2008.
Its flagship UK store opened in Soho that year, with his clothes now stocked across the globe and paraded at fashion weeks in London, Paris and the Middle East.
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.

Jade Parfitt , H H Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the Qasimi Creative Director , Elliott J Frieze Qasimi Chief Operations Director and Erin O’Connor on the catwalk at the Qasimi Spring Summer 2009 Fashion Show at London Fashion Week

Alice Delal and Khalid AlQasimi attend a party hosted by Qasimi on November 19, 2009 in London

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