Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt … Star divorces fascinate! None of them will have cost as much as that of the princess Haya from Jordan and Mohammed ben Rached al-Maktoum. The ruler of Dubai was ordered to pay his ex-wife a record sum.
640 million euros ! This is what Mohammed ben Rached al-Maktoum will have to pay to Princess Haya of Jordan and their two children, Jalila and Zayed (14 and 9 years old). About 300 million euros will go to the princess. The rest, more than 340 million euros, will cover child support and costs related to their safety.
“Given their status and the general threats of terrorism and kidnapping they face in such circumstances, (the sovereign’s children) are particularly vulnerable and need enhanced security to ensure their safety in this country.said Judge Moor, in charge of the case at London Family Court. The main threat they face comes from the (ruler) himself, not from outside sources.“
A spokesperson for Mohammed ben Rached al-Maktoum said that the emir “has always made sure that her children are free from want. The court has now rendered its decision on the financial aspect and it does not intend to comment further.. “
I don’t care whether you’re dead or alive.
This sentence, which fell on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, is the latest episode in a saga on the divorce of ex-spouses, which began in June 2019. At the time, Princess Haya, half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, had fled the United Arab Emirates with her two children for the United Kingdom, where she will begin her divorce proceedings. 40 million euros in their pocket, mother and children have settled in their luxurious property, in the gardens of Kensington Palace, in London.
“You have betrayed the most precious of trusts, you no longer hold any place for me, I don’t care whether you are dead or alive“Mohammed ben Rached al-Maktoum wrote on social media on June 22, 2019. British justice said in October 2021 that the sheikh authorized the use of Pegasus spyware to hack his ex-wife’s phones, his lawyers, his personal assistant and two members of his security team.The facts date back to August 2020.
Suspected of having had an extramarital affair with a bodyguard, Princess Haya said she feared for her life after the sheikh orchestrated the kidnapping of two of her daughters, Princesses Shamsa and Latifa, born from previous marriages. The first had tried to run away from her father in 2000 while on vacation in England. She was found after two months, “drugged“, brought back to Dubai by helicopter, then by plane, and” locked up “, according to AFP. Her kidnapping had taken place in Cambridge and had been made possible thanks to”two injections and a handful of tablets“.
The second had announced that she wanted to flee her country in 2018 in a video uploaded to YouTube. Princess Latifa claimed to have been “tortured” and “imprisoned for three years“by his father after a first escape attempt in 2002.