One is that his mother, Safia Farkash, is from a family from the Eastern Libyan Barasa tribe and that she was born in Bayda and was trained as a nurse. The other is that she is of Hungarian descent. In 2006, the German newspaper Der Spiegel and the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia reported that Saif al-Islam was romantically linked to Orly Weinerman, an Israeli actress and model, they dated from 2005 to 2011. At the time, Weinerman publicly denied having any contact with Saif al-Islam, but she has since admitted it, and in September 2012, she asked former British prime minister Tony Blair to intervene in his trial in order to spare his life. In 2009, a party in Montenegro for his 37th birthday included well-known guests such as Oleg Deripaska, Peter Munk and Prince Albert of Monaco. In April 2016, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that Saif al-Islam had married in Zintan and had a three year old daughter. In his 2021 interview with The New York Times, Saif denied being married and claimed that he was lonely. He is rumored to be living in a pied-à-terre near Zintan, where he conducted an interview with The New York Times in 2021, or further south in the village of Qira, the native village of Abdullah Senussi. His former captor, Ejmi al-Atiri of the Zintan Brigades, provides him with bodyguards, along with the Mashashiya tribe and Russian forces. According to Ejmi al-Atiri, Saif al-Islam has developed the hobbies of camping, night rides in the desert, hunting, and reading since his release from prison. According to The Times, Saif al-Islam has access to up to $30 billion. British society In the 2000s, Saif al-Islam was hosted at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle by the British royal family. In 2009, he spent a weekend at Waddesdon Manor, home of financier Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, where he was the guest of Lord Mandelson and Nathaniel Philip Rothschild. He later stayed at the Rothschild holiday home in Corfu. Nathaniel Rothschild was a guest at Saif's 37th birthday celebration in Montenegro."Gaddafi son at heart of British society" , Joe Murphy. Evening Standard. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011. In May 2010, Saif al-Islam and British supermodel Naomi Campbell corresponded by e-mail to coordinate Ghislaine Maxwell's visit to Libya. Links with the London School of Economics Saif al-Islam received his PhD