Shaikh Mohammed, son ride London Underground

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Shaikh Mohammed, son ride London Underground

London - Londoners were graced with the presence of UAE royalty on the iconic tube.

By Curated by Yousuf Saifuddin Kapadia

Published: Tue 19 Jul 2016, 10:42 PM

Londoners got a pleasant surprise as they took the popular London Underground tube recently, as this day UAE's royalty was on board - His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and son, HH Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince.
A selfie posted by the intrepid globetrotting Prince, on Instagram, showed the father and son seated in a London tube train, surrounded by UAE officials and other commuters.
Posted nearly four hours ago on Monday, the photo garnered nearly 111,000 likes and nearly 2,800 comments, at the time of filing this report.

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A photo posted by Fazza (@faz3) on Jul 18, 2016 at 7:37am PDT

The royal family of Dubai regularly visit the British capital for horse races, including the famous Royal Ascot races.
Shaikh Hamdan is known to be an avid traveller and often posts photos from his world trips on social media, particular Instagram. The Prince is one of the most followed royals on Instagram, boasting of 3.8 million followers.
Another photo posted by a friend, Ali Essa, shows Shaikh Hamdan posing with an official:

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A photo posted by ??? ???? (@ali_essa1) on Jul 18, 2016 at 11:01am PDT

A UAE official even posted a video of the trip in the London Underground on Instagram:

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A video posted by Khalifa Saeed (@khalifasaeed) on Jul 18, 2016 at 6:37am PDT

This is a commute, many London Underground commuters will never forget.
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