Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) and his wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein of Jordan in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 10, 2016. A British court has suspended Princess Haya from custody of the child on charges of ‘domestic violence’ awarded. Photo by Ali Haider/EPA-EFE
March 24 (UPI) — The Family Division of the High Court in England and Wales has ruled that the ruler of Dubai will not have face-to-face contact with his children from his marriage to Princess Haya.
The court said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum “consistently exhibited coercive and controlling behavior towards members of his family, whom he believes are acting against his will”.
Princess Haya has been awarded custody of the two children. The princess and children fled to Britain in 2019.
A British court in December ordered Sheikh Haya and her children to pay more than $700 million in what is believed to be the most expensive divorce settlement in British history.
Sir Andrew McFarlane wrote in the High Court ruling that the ruler of Dubai used “domestic violence” and orchestrated the kidnapping and detention of two of his children.
In the divorce decree Sir McFarlane wrote: “In August 2000 the father ordered and orchestrated the illegal kidnapping of his daughter Shamsa from the UK to Dubai.”
The father also “ordered and orchestrated the forcible repatriation of his daughter Latifa to the family home in Dubai on two occasions in June 2002 and February 2018”.
The court said Princess Haya had also faced a campaign of fear and intimidation in relation to the children.
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