Billionaire 'princess' daughter of former Uzbek president who has not been seen in public for TWO years is 'locked up in mental institute by her father's successor'

Glamorous socialite Gulnara Karimova, 44, once the wealthiest woman in former USSR, was sectioned shortly after President Islam Karimov died from a stroke this month. The Harvard-educated socialite and pop star was seen as a natural successor to her father before new President Shavkat Mirziyoev, 59, put her away in an apparent bid to eliminate her as a rival. At the height of her 'career', Karimova was a pop star, catwalk model, socialite, diplomat and, in her own words, an 'exotic Uzbekistan beauty'. Her incarceration marks the tragic conclusion to the most prominent 'Red-to-Riches' princess since the fall of the USSR, but her dramatic fall from grace started long ago.