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Weds Osama’s son

London: A 51-year-old British grandmother has married a 27-year-old son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after a holiday romance and is to apply for a visa so that he can visit Britain. Jane Felix-Browne, a councillor from Cheshire who has been married five times previously, met Omar bin Laden in Egypt in September while being treated for multiple sclerosis. According to a report in The Times, Ms. Browne, who now uses the Islamic name Zaina Mohamad, said that their f airytale romance began when her future husband saw her riding a horse near the Great Pyramid. They were married in Islamic ceremonies in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and are awaiting permission from the authorities in Riyadh to make their marriage official. She kept her marriage secret from everyone apart from her immediate family and close friends. But she has now agreed to speak about her relationship with Osama’s fourth son. She said she is aware that some people would be hostile to her marriage. “I just married the man I met and fell in love with — to me he is just Omar” she said. — PTI

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