The United Nations pledged to seek information from the United Arab Emirates about the royal daughter of the country’s vice president after she was seen on tape saying she was being imprisoned.

The video messages from Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, reported by the BBC this week, are said to have been covertly recorded on a phone in a locked bathroom. The 35-year-old princess, who tried and failed to flee the country three years ago, describes being held captive in a heavily guarded Dubai villa.