Dubai leader ordered to pay over $700 million to ex-wife and children in divorce settlement
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London – The ruler of Dubai was ordered by a British court Tuesday to pay $730 million dollars to his ex-wife and their children in one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history.
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, 47, fled to the U.K. in 2019 saying she was "terrified" of her husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is the prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates. He is alleged to have ordered the forced return of the couple's two daughters to the UAE, the Associated Press reported.
In October, a U.K. family court judge ruled that the UAE ruler had conducted a fear campaign against Haya, authorizing the hacking of her phone. The family court judge also said al-Maktoum had "ordered and orchestrated" the abduction and forced return to Dubai of two other of his adult daughters — Sheikha Latifa in 2002 and 2018 and her sister Sheikha Shamsa in 2000, the AP said.
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