In 2008, a South African bookmaker who had bribed the cricketer Hansie Cronje several years earlier, sued Rashid over what he said was unpaid commission for arranging the purchase of a string of horses worth £1.4m.
Marlon Aronstam said in court papers that he had been instructed not to send invoices for his commission to Dubai because the prince did not want them disclosed to his accountants “and more particularly to his father”. The case was settled out of court.