EXCLUSIVE: 'He looks every bit like his dad' - Russian beauty queen reveals the face of her baby 'prince' to the world insisting her ex, the former King of Malaysia, IS his biological father

The Russian beauty queen whose fairytale marriage to the former king of Malaysia fell apart earlier this year has sensationally revealed the face of the son whom the royal has never seen.

'Here is my prince,' says Oksana Voevodina, 27, proudly showing off her boy to the world for the first time.

Ismail Leon, aged five months, bears a striking resemblance to Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, the man she claims is his royal father.

'He looks every bit like his father and he has this Asian-looking face,' she adds in an exclusive interview with MailOnline.

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a close up of a baby: Ismail Leon, aged six months, bears a striking resemblance to the former Sultan

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Ismail Leon, aged six months, bears a striking resemblance to the former Sultan

Oksana claims the baby was conceived on the couple's honeymoon in Australia after their wedding in June 2018.

The reclusive sultan, 50, split with former Miss Moscow when she was four months pregnant.

He later used the harshest form of Islamic divorce to end their year-long marriage and the pair are now embroiled in a bitter financial settlement row.

Oksana chose MailOnline to reveal the face of her baby - and to criticise her ex-husband for walking out on a child after he wept tears of joy when he heard she was pregnant.

In a blast at the Sultan she says: 'I am enjoying every moment of my motherhood now and I am really sorry that (Leon's) father missed everything beginning with the day when he was born - and ending with kissing him, hugging him, spending time with him.'

She says the Malaysian royal had told her when they planned a family that children were 'our legacy'.

'But how it can be his legacy if he has never seen him in his life?' she asks.

Holding the baby on her knee, she says: 'I want to introduce you (to) Ismail Leon, he's a very nice and cute child, he's same clever as his mother.

'He's same handsome as his father. And he's very talkative and I love him very, very much.' 

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a baby wearing a hat: Oksana chose Mail Online to reveal the face of her baby - and to criticise her ex-husband for walking out on a child after he wept tears of joy when he heard she was pregnant

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Oksana chose Mail Online to reveal the face of her baby - and to criticise her ex-husband for walking out on a child after he wept tears of joy when he heard she was pregnant

She insists that her son - whom she has called Leon after her father - was planned.

'After our wedding which was in June 2018, we started to plan my pregnancy,' she said.

The then Malaysian monarch 'wanted his son so much, (he) was a desired baby.

'We went on our holiday, it was like a honeymoon because it was the holiday after our wedding reception in Malaysia. We went to Australia and I got pregnant there.'

The then king - who would later abdicate the throne for unknown reasons - 'was so happy that he was crying and then he called all of his friends.

'He was crying and saying: 'Oh, I'll become a father, I'm so happy'.'

She uses the interview to accuse the Sultan of disappearing - but reveals there is a secret reason for their breakup.

'There was a reason for this but I am not ready to speak about it yet,' she said. 'He disappeared for me and for my son, he really disappeared.'

Earlier this year Mail Online reported that Oksana was preparing to ask a Russian judge to formally rule that the ex-king - a wealthy Sultan - is the father of the child.

The Russian judge can demand a DNA test from the multi-millionaire ex-monarch and Oksana has said she is ready for these tests to prove the paternity.

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a person sitting on a leather chair: She insisted that her son - who she calls Leon - was planned. 'After our wedding which was in June 2018, we started to plan my pregnancy,' she said

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She insisted that her son - who she calls Leon - was planned. 'After our wedding which was in June 2018, we started to plan my pregnancy,' she said

Where a suspected father refuses such a test, or fails to attend hearings, courts here invariably accept the paternity claim.

The ex-king's lawyer in Singapore, Koh Tien Hua, earlier claimed: 'There is no objective evidence as yet as to the biological father of the child.'

Palace sources in the Malaysian state of Kelantan - where the Sultan remains ruler despite having relinquished the Malaysian throne - have portrayed her as a gold digger over her alleged settlement demands.

The Sultan asked his aides: 'Who does she think I am... Bill Gates?'

Meanwhile, his lawyer has strongly denied claims from Oksana's camp that he 'abandoned' her.

She 'left of her own accord to return to Russia', he said, contradicting her account that the ex-monarch had walked out on her.

The lawyer claimed that the Sultan was ready to settle 'a significant and generous sum of money' with Oksana if she agreed to protect his 'privacy'.

The amount was not specified but was said to include her medical fees during her pregnancy and living expenses.

However it is alleged his ex-wife 'declined to accept the proposal'. 

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a person standing in front of a crowd: The Russian judge can demand a DNA test from the multi-millionaire ex-monarch. Where a suspected father refuses such a test, or fails to attend hearings, courts here invariably accept the paternity claim

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The Russian judge can demand a DNA test from the multi-millionaire ex-monarch. Where a suspected father refuses such a test, or fails to attend hearings, courts here invariably accept the paternity claim

Claims in Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that he did not 'give her a dime' towards the costs of the child were false, and 'arrangements were made' to pay her $20,000 (£16,360), he said.

'In addition Ms Oksana was gifted a Porsche Cayenne and jewellery including a Jacob Arabo ring and items by … Cartier,' he claimed.

This particular model of Porsche costs up to £117,500 in Russia and the ring has been valued at £203,000.

Oksana has said she was forced to sell the ring for three times less than its value to cover her medical costs in Switzerland.

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