In a country where women are barred from driving, a princess from the Saudi Arabian ruling family has expressed her desire to take to the wheels in the Islamic kingdom.
"Certainly I'm ready to drive a car. I have an international driver's licence, and I drive a car in all the countries I travel to," princess Amira al-Taweel told Saudi Arabian newspaper 'al-Watan'.
Princess Amira is the wife of the kingdom's prominent businessman, prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is a nephew of the Saudi king Abdallah and is ranked as the world's 13th-richest person by the 'Forbes' magazine.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world to ban women -- Saudi and foreign nationals -- from driving. But a handful of educated women, including from the ruling family, have spoken out in support of driving over the years.
Two years ago princess Lolwah al-Faisal, the daughter of the late king Faisal, spoke in support of women driving at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"I prefer driving a car with my sister or friend next to me instead of being with a driver who is not (related to me)," princess Amira said in her interview while referring to the drivers women are forced to employ as a result of the ban.
