AN Arab ambassador has annulled his marriage after discovering his veiled wife-to-be had a beard and was cross-eyed.
The diplomat had only met the woman a few times, during which she had hidden her face behind a niqab.
Local media reported that after the marriage contract was signed, the man tried to give his new wife a smooch only to find she had facial hair.
The ambassador told an Islamic Sharia court in the United Arab Emirates that he was tricked into the marriage, as the woman’s mother had shown his own mum pictures of her sister instead of her, the report said.
He demanded the contract be annulled and also called for the woman pay to him 500,000 dirhams (£87,000) for clothes, jewellery and other gifts he had bought her.
The court annulled the contract but rejected the ambassador’s demand for compensation.
The report did not identify the ambassador nor give any further details.