English court orders Dubai ruler to pay £550m to ex-wife

47 year old Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, who is the half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah, originally fled the UAE for England in April 2019 with her two children, claiming she was "terrified" of her husband.
Later that year, the London court ruled Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum had carried out a campaign of threats and intimidation that made her feel unsafe, and that he had also previously abducted and mistreated two of his daughters from another marriage.
The Dubai ruler has now been ordered to pay around £550m to his former wife and their two children in what is thought to be the largest award of its kind ordered by an English court.
He will make a one-off payment of £251.5m within three months to Haya for the upkeep of her mansions in the UK, which will cover the money she said she was owed for jewelry and racehorses, as well her future security costs. He will also pay £11.2m a year for the children's maintenance and for their security when they become adults.
However, the sheikh's lawyer, Nigel Dyer, told the court during hearings that "the mother's financial claims, and the size of the relief that's being sought, are quite unprecedented".