Katie Price posted a short, public message on Instagram on 6 June — "I love @wesleeeandrews." The declaration came as she continues to describe husband Lee Andrews as being held in a Dubai prison and as she scrambles to arrange a possible, limited visit before flying back to the UK.
Price has repeatedly said Andrews, whom she married in January after meeting him only days earlier, is detained in Al Awir prison on suspicion of being a spy. She returned recently from Dubai and has since been answering questions about whether payment or legal permission will be required to secure his release or even a face-to-face meeting.
The relationship has been under intense scrutiny. The couple have been pictured with Price without her wedding ring, and she appeared in a now-deleted video with Andrews' former partner Dina Taji. Price herself has described alarming last contact with Andrews: "He had ties around his hand, not handcuffs, and a hood, and he said, ‘Look, they’re coming back for me,’ that is the last FaceTime call I had." She first raised the alarm on Saturday 16 May when she said she had not heard from him in days.
Price has set out what she says are the conditions on the ground. "I know he's in a prison. I've been told if two cases are paid they'll let him out. I'm going to see if that's true. If he does he gets out and then I need answers and questions to a lot of stuff," she said, adding that if payment does not lead to freedom she will attempt to visit. She has said a visit, if granted, might last only "half an hour." Figures circulating in previous coverage have also suggested a fine of about £100,000 could be required for release.
Her timeline has been tight. After the May 16 warning, she said a week later she was taking a step back from the case. At the end of May she publicly named Al Awir as the detention site. Last week she posted on Facebook that payment was required to release Andrews, and on the Thursday before her planned return she said: "I still need to hear back from his lawyer if I can get a visit to see him, and it's Wednesday, and I go on Friday. Time is running out."
The new Instagram post — blunt and affectionate — sits uneasily beside the logistical and legal questions Price has raised about Andrews' situation. Public scrutiny has also reached Andrews' credentials: it has been revealed he does not have a PhD from Cambridge and is not on the Board of Advisors for the Labour Party, details that deepen the gap between Price's personal commitment and the unanswered practicalities about who he is and why he is detained.
Price has acknowledged that she is aware of how the story looks. "My tentacles are up so look, I’m not a stupid person and I get how people see things and I have been reading things," she said, underlining that her feelings coexist with skepticism and a need for proof.
The immediate next act is procedural and personal: Price is waiting to hear from Andrews' lawyer about whether she can visit before her Friday flight. If the lawyer confirms a visit, she may have only about half an hour to see him and press for answers; if payment is required and cannot secure his release, a brief visit may be the only option. Whether those two cases — or the previously reported fine — will free Andrews remains the core, unresolved question that will determine both the fate of the five-month marriage and what Price does next.
