{{Short description|King Hussein I of Jordan's daughter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Haya bint Al Hussein | image = HRH Princess Haya of Jordan meets with Tracy Edwards MBE (cropped).jpg | caption = Princess Haya in 2017 | spouse = {{marriage|Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|10 April 2004|7 February 2019|end=div}} | issue = {{plainlist| *Sheikha Jalila *Sheikh Zayed }} | full name = Haya bint Hussein bin Talal bin Abdullah | house = Hashemite (by birth)<br />Al Maktoum (by marriage) | father = Hussein of Jordan | mother = Alia Toukan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Amman, Jordan | death_date = | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = }} {{Jordanian Royal Family}} '''Princess Haya bint Al Hussein''' ({{langx|ar|الأميرة هيا بنت الحسين}}; born 3 May 1974) is the daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia. She is the half-sister of King Abdullah II.
Haya is a graduate of the University of Oxford in England and an accomplished equestrian. She represented Jordan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and is the two-term President of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
In 2004, Haya became the second official wife of the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. They had two children, Sheikha Jalila and Sheikh Zayed. In 2019, Haya and Mohammed divorced, and she left Dubai with her children to reside in the United Kingdom. Legal proceedings between Haya and Mohammed before the High Court in London over custody of their children attracted considerable media attention. On 5 March 2020, a British court ruled that on the balance of probabilities, Sheikh Mohammed, the absolute ruler of Dubai and the prime minister of the UAE, had abducted two of his daughters, Shamsa and Latifa, and had threatened Haya.<ref name="BBC53202">{{cite news |date=5 March 2020 |title=Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife – UK court |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51756984 |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305180254/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51756984 |archive-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> In March 2022, the court awarded sole custody of the couple's two children to Haya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK court grants Dubai ruler's ex-wife custody of children |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/uk-court-grants-dubai-rulers-ex-wife-custody-of-children |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== [[File:King Hussein and Queen Alia with children, 1974.png|thumb|left|King Hussein and Queen Alia with their children Prince Ali and Princess Haya, 1976]]
Princess Haya was born in Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the daughter of King Hussein and his third wife, Queen Alia. She has a younger brother, Prince Ali bin Hussein born on 23 December 1975, and older sister, Abir Muhaisen (born 1973), the latter of whom was adopted by Haya's parents after her biological mother was killed by a plane crash at their Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. In 1977, when Haya was 3 years old, her mother died in a helicopter crash. Her father died from complications related to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1999, leaving the crown to her half-brother, King Abdullah II.
She was educated in the United Kingdom, where in 1985, she attended Badminton School in Bristol, and later the Bryanston School in Dorset. From 1993 to 1995, she was enrolled at St Hilda's College, Oxford, from which she graduated with a BA honours degree in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE).<ref name="Gort Scott wins contest for Oxford University college extension">{{cite web|title=Gort Scott wins contest for Oxford University college extension|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2016/03/17/gort-scott-wins-contest-oxford-university-extension-st-hildas-college/|website=Dezeen|access-date=10 August 2016|date=17 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/webcontent/wfp094966.pdf |title=HRH PRINCESS HAYA BINT AL HUSSEIN WFP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR |website=Documents.wfp.org |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=St Hilda's College, Oxford releases concept designs for Redefining St Hilda's invited competition — Malcolm Reading Consultants|url=https://malcolmreading.co.uk/news/story/st_hildas_college_oxford_releases_concept_designs_for_redefining_st_hildas|website=malcolmreading.co.uk|date=28 January 2016|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
==Sports career== Princess Haya began horse riding internationally when she was 13.<ref name="euro">{{cite web|title=Two Stand Against HRH Princess Haya in FEI Presidential Election {{!}} eurodressage|url=http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2010/10/28/two-stand-against-hrh-princess-haya-fei-presidential-election|website=www.eurodressage.com|access-date=25 October 2016|language=en|date=28 October 2010}}</ref> In 1992, she took the bronze medal in individual Jumping at the seventh Pan Arab Games in Damascus, Syria, and in 1993 was named Jordan's athlete of the year.<ref name="euro"/> Princess Haya was the first woman to represent her native Jordan in international equestrian sport and the only woman to win a medal in the Pan-Arab Equestrian Games.<ref name=FEI>{{cite web|title=FEI PRESIDENT HRH PRINCESS HAYA |url=http://www.fei.org/fei/about-fei/fei-president |publisher=International Federation for Equestrian Sports |access-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014154008/http://www.fei.org/fei/about-fei/fei-president |archive-date=14 October 2014 }}</ref> Having trained for several years in Ireland and Germany,<ref name="euro"/> she qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney representing Jordan in show jumping, where she was also her country's flag bearer.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/sports/25horses.html | work=The New York Times |first=Katie |last=Thomas |title=Princess Haya of Jordan Has Shaken Up the Equestrian World |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
In 2007, Princess Haya became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and in 2010 became an appointee to the IOC's International Relations Committee, and has also served on the IOC Athletes' and Culture and Olympic Education Commissions.<ref name="euro"/> thumb|267x267px|Haya's horse racing silk: ''Green, sleeves chevroned green and black, green cap.'' On 7 June 2008, New Approach, a three-year-old colt owned by Princess Haya, trained in Ireland by Jim Bolger and ridden by Kevin Manning, won the Derby Stakes. On 25 October 2008, her three-year-old colt, Raven's Pass, won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. After being named the European champion 2-year-old in 2007 and winning the 2008 Epsom Derby, New Approach was retired at the end of the 2008 racing season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-h.r.h-princess-haya-of-jordan.html |title=H.R.H. Princess Haya of Jordan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910065151/http://www.racehorseowner.com/art/rho-h.r.h-princess-haya-of-jordan.html |archive-date=10 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2009, due to her contribution to the equine world, she was made the first Patron of Retraining of Racehorses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.princesshaya.net/sports/sports-patronages|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914065636/http://www.princesshaya.net/sports/sports-patronages|archive-date=14 September 2012|url-status=dead|title=Patronages|access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>
Princess Haya serves as president of the International Jordanian Athletes Cultural Association, which she founded to provide athletes with needed national incentive and support.<ref name="euro"/>
=== International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) === [[File:Princess Haya.jpg|thumb|170px|Princess Haya (right) congratulating FEI 2012 award winner Courtney King-Dye]] Princess Haya participated in the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain,<ref name="nyt"/> and represented Jordan at the FEI General Assembly on several occasions.<ref name="euro"/> She was elected president of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) in 2006 for an initial four-year term in the FEI's first contested presidential race.<ref name="horseandhound">{{cite web|url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/29/303251.html|title=Two stand against Princess Haya for FEI president|date=28 October 2010|work=Horse & Hound|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> In 2010, she became the first sitting FEI president to be challenged in a re-election bid.<ref name="horseandhound"/> She succeeded, however, in winning a second and final four-year term, receiving 75 percent of the vote to soundly defeat her two European rivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/sports/07sportsbriefs-vote.html| work=The New York Times| first=Katie| last=Thomas| title=Princess Haya Re-elected President|date=6 November 2010| access-date=20 June 2020 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Nonetheless, during the FEI's campaign to eliminate doping and horse abuse in equestrian sport, Princess Haya's husband and stepson were both convicted by the FEI in 2009 for serious doping violations. Princess Haya ceded presidential powers to a senior colleague for the FEI disciplinary processes on the matter. She later complained that the issue would be used to "injure and damage the reputations of myself and my family".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-04-12-3007546861_x.htm|work=USA Today|first=Graham|last=Dunbar|title=Horse doping proves a royal headache for princess|date=12 April 2009|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
Princess Haya frequently appeared, along with her husband, at Royal Ascot, the Epsom Derby and other highlights of the English equestrian calendar; both were reported to have been friendly with Queen Elizabeth II.<ref name="NYTJul2">{{cite news|first1=Vivian|last1=Yee|first2=David D.|last2=Kirkpatrick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/world/middleeast/princess-haya-sheikh-mohammed-bin.html|title=Princess Haya, Wife of Dubai's Ruler, Seeks Refuge in London|work=The New York Times|date=2 July 2019|access-date=20 June 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref>
==Humanitarian work== Princess Haya is the first Arab and first woman to become Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed her a UN Messenger of Peace in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/press-releases/detail/article/fei-president-hrh-princess-haya-named-oie-goodwill-ambassador/|title=FEI President HRH Princess Haya named OIE Goodwill Ambassador: OIE - World Organisation for Animal Health|website=www.oie.int|language=en|access-date=6 July 2019}}</ref>
She founded Tkiyet Um Ali (TUA), the first Arab NGO dedicated to overcoming local hunger, in her native Jordan, which provides food assistance and employment opportunities to thousands of poor families. In November 2012, Tkiyet Um Ali announced a campaign to quadruple the number of its beneficiaries to reach 20,000 families living under the food poverty line, aiming to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals on hunger by 2015. Tkiyet Um Ali (TUA) is intended to expand to reach all Jordanian families with insufficient income to meet basic food needs. In addition, Dar Abu Abdullah (DAA) and TUA announced a strategic partnership<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tua.jo/|title=Tkiyet Um Ali and Dar Abu Abdullah Join Hands to Support the Underprivileged|website=TKIYET UM ALI|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> for a parallel jobs creation program to help TUA beneficiaries become more self-sufficient.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.TUA.jo|title=Tkiyet Um Ali|access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref>
Princess Haya chaired Dubai's International Humanitarian City, which is the world's largest operational center for the delivery of aid, both in emergencies and for long-term development. Ten UN agencies and nearly 40 non-government organizations are members of the IHC which has supported relief efforts all over the globe, including for Syrian refugees affected by civil war, for East Africans during the last drought,{{which|date=October 2021}} in Pakistan during the 2009 floods, and to Afghanistan and Yemen. The IHC has also hosted UN and NGO staff evacuated during emergencies and civil unrest.
She was an ambassador for the World Food Programme from 2005 to 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/princess-haya-bint-al-hussein |title=Contributor {{!}} HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein|work=Huffington Post|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> and then appointed a UN Messenger of Peace in July 2007 by Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. She was a founding member of former secretary-general Kofi Annan's Global Humanitarian Forum based in Geneva, and writes editorials and articles on hunger, nutrition and the UN Sustainable Development Goals which have appeared in the London ''Times'', ''Le Figaro'', the ''Globe and Mail'', and ''La Repubblica''. In August 2012, she supported the 2012 United Nations' World Humanitarian Day in Dubai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameinfo.com/hrh-princess-haya-bint-al-hussein-308593 |title=HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein marks UN World Humanitarian Day | International Humanitarian City | AMEinfo.com |work=ameinfo.com |access-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010170653/http://www.ameinfo.com/hrh-princess-haya-bint-al-hussein-308593 |archive-date=10 October 2012 }}</ref> Under her patronage, Dubai twice hosted the Global Meeting of the World Food Programme and is increasingly a center for United Nations and regional meetings on development and humanitarian aid.
Relief and charitable programmes in Jordan also benefitted from the support of the princess's consort, Sheikh Mohammed, specifically the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, the Haya Cultural Centre and the "Reading Nation" campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/mena/king-abdullah-lauds-uae-mohammeds-role-in-arab-world |title=King Abdullah lauds UAE, Mohammed's role in Arab world|work=Khaleej Times|date=21 October 2016|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>
Princess Haya has followed in her father's footsteps in giving her support to the charitable foundation "Anything is possible", set up in the name of King Hussein to advance education for girls, including the project "The Maiden Factor", established by sailor Tracy Edwards with the relaunch of her yacht ''Maiden'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anything is possible|url=https://anythingispossible.world/projects/the-maiden-factor/|access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=Tracy|title=Stop being a bystander in your own life|date=30 June 2020 |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_edwards_stop_being_a_bystander_in_your_own_life|website=ted.com|language=en|access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
She is a member of the Honorary Board of the International Paralympic Committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=IPC Honorary Board|url=http://www.paralympic.org/TheIPC/HWA/HonoraryBoard|publisher=IPC|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== On 10 April 2004, Princess Haya married Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as his second and junior wife. The marriage ceremony was held at al-Baraka Palace in Amman.<ref>{{cite web|title=HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein - profile |url=http://www.princesshaya.net/profile.shtm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050930232238/http://princesshaya.net/profile.shtm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2005 |access-date=7 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/in-this-handout-from-the-royal-court-of-jordan-shiekh-nachrichtenfoto/3338216|title=In this handout from the Royal Court of Jordan, Sheikh Mohamed Bin...|website=Getty Images|date=11 April 2004 |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
On 2 December 2007 in Dubai, Princess Haya gave birth to her first child, Sheikha Al Jalila bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Section=&Artical=9469|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129165912/http://www.petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Section=&Artical=9469|url-status=dead|title=Jordan News Agency - Petra - Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum, Princess Haya name their new baby girl Aljalila|archive-date=29 January 2009}}</ref> The baby's birth coincided with the United Arab Emirates' 36th celebration of its National Day, on 2 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daylife.com/photo/07Bz867e5WaGM |title=Photo from Reuters Pictures|work=daylife.com |access-date=12 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207033428/http://www.daylife.com/photo/07Bz867e5WaGM |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> On 7 January 2012, she gave birth to her second child, Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/mohammed-is-blessed-with-a-baby-boy-names-him-zayed-2012-01-08-1.436310|title=Mohammed is blessed with a baby boy, names him 'Zayed'|date=8 January 2012|work=Emirates 24{{!}}7|access-date=22 March 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>
She resides in a home in Kensington Palace Gardens. As an envoy of the Embassy of Jordan, she is able to remain in the UK and is granted diplomatic immunity and protection under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.<ref name=VanityFair>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/why-do-dubais-princesses-keep-trying-to-escape|title="You're Essentially a Prisoner": Why Do Dubai's Princesses Keep Trying to Escape?|magazine=Vanity Fair|last=Grigoriadis|first=Vanessa|date=20 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200221163923/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/why-do-dubais-princesses-keep-trying-to-escape|archive-date=21 February 2020|access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>
===Divorce and court proceedings=== On 7 February 2019, Sheikh Mohammed divorced Princess Haya under Sharia law, though she was not informed at the time. The date was the twentieth anniversary of the death of her father, King Hussein of Jordan.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Al-M-Factfinding-APPROVED-Judgment-111219-for-publication.pdf <nowiki>Re Al M [2019] EWHC 3415 (Fam)</nowiki>]</ref> By early 2019, Princess Haya had become suspicious of the transportation of two of her stepdaughters, Sheikha Shamsa and Sheikha Latifa, back to the United Arab Emirates,<ref name=BBC20200305/>
On 15 April 2019, Princess Haya left Dubai with her children Sheikha Jalila and Sheikh Zayed to reside in the United Kingdom. The topic attracted immense media coverage all over the world.<ref name=haven/> She was reported to have applied for asylum in Germany, and the British newspaper ''The Times'' reported that she had been escorted by a German diplomat to Germany. ''The Times'' reported that Sheikh Mohammed allegedly posted a poem on Instagram, in Arabic and English, accusing his wife of treachery and betrayal and also threatening her.<ref name=haven>{{Cite news|last1=Brown|first1=David|last2=Ames|first2=Jonathan|last3=Low|first3=Valentine|date=3 July 2019|title=Sheikh's wife seeks haven in UK 'fearing for her life'|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sheikhs-wife-seeks-haven-in-uk-fearing-for-her-life-x5q6grhsn|url-status=live|work=The Times|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200224174226/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sheikhs-wife-seeks-haven-in-uk-fearing-for-her-life-x5q6grhsn|archive-date=24 February 2020|access-date=20 June 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/wife-of-ruler-of-dubai-reportedly-flees-united-arab-emirates/11266722|title=Wife of ruler of Dubai reportedly flees United Arab Emirates with her two children|last=Dingle|first=Sarah|date=1 July 2019|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=29 September 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190701055854/https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/wife-of-ruler-of-dubai-reportedly-flees-united-arab-emirates/11266722|archive-date=1 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Bowcott|first1=Owen|last2=Hollingsworth|first2=Mark|date=1 July 2019|title=Dubai's ruler battles wife in UK court after she fled emirate|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/dubais-ruler-battles-wife-in-uk-court-after-she-fled-emirate|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190702192057/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/dubais-ruler-battles-wife-in-uk-court-after-she-fled-emirate|archive-date=2 July 2019|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Gardner (journalist)|date=2 July 2019|title=Princess Haya: Dubai ruler's wife in UK 'in fear of her life'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48843168|url-status=live|publisher=BBC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210929010539/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48843168|archive-date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdyVbr6aXHw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/KdyVbr6aXHw |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Dubai ruler's wife flees to London in bid for political asylum Dubai ruler's wife flees to London in bid for political asylum|author=SBS News|website=YouTube|date=4 July 2019|access-date=29 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Some British media coverage of the divorce proceedings reported allegations that Princess Haya had formed a relationship with a member of her security team. These allegations were not the subject of any finding by the High Court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bird |first=Steve |date=2021-12-21 |title=Princess Haya 'blackmailed' out of £7m by security team she paid to keep quiet about affair with British bodyguard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/21/princess-haya-blackmailed-7m-security-team-paid-keep-quiet-affair/ |access-date=2026-01-17 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
;Wardship and early proceedings On 14 May 2019, Sheikh Mohammed commenced proceedings in England and Wales under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice seeking orders for the children to be returned to the Emirate of Dubai.<ref>{{cite news|first=Cristiana|last=Moisescu|date=5 July 2019|title=Dubai ruler sues wife Princess Haya in UK's High Court|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/04/uk/princess-haya-dubai-ruler-gbr-intl/index.html|url-status=live|work=CNN|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210929010954/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/04/uk/princess-haya-dubai-ruler-gbr-intl/index.html|archive-date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Collman|first=Ashley|date=5 July 2019|title=The life of Princess Haya, the sixth wife of Dubai's ruler who has fled to the UK for a divorce|url=https://www.insider.com/princess-haya-bio-photos-fled-dubai-for-divorce-2019-7|url-status=live|work=Insider Inc. Malaysia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210929011220/https://www.insider.com/princess-haya-bio-photos-fled-dubai-for-divorce-2019-7|archive-date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=BAILII/> On 30 July 2019 at the High Court, Princess Haya issued applications for the children to be made Wards of Court, and for a forced marriage protection order (FMPO) with respect to Sheikha Jalila, and for a non-molestation order for her own protection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=30 July 2019|title=Dubai ruler's wife seeks protection order|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49162276|url-status=live|work=BBC News|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210929011754/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49162276|archive-date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=BAILII>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/3415.pdf|title=Al M (Factfinding) [2019] EWHC 3415 (Fam)|last=McFarlane|first=Andrew|date=11 December 2019|website=BAILII|publisher=The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306143258/http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/3415.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2020|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> All of the orders were granted.
On 11 December 2019, in the High Court of Justice Family Division, Royal Courts of Justice, London, the Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, said he would "evaluate the risk of either or both of the children being removed from their mother's care and taken to Dubai against her will".<ref name=BAILII/>
;Findings of the High Court On 5 March 2020, the High Court found, on the balance of probabilities, that Sheikh Mohammed had orchestrated the abductions of two of his other children.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowcott|first1=Owen|last2=Siddique|first2=Haroon|date=5 March 2020|title=Dubai ruler organised kidnapping of his children, UK court rules|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/dubai-ruler-sheikh-mohammed-organised-kidnapping-of-his-children-uk-court-finds|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200305170756/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/dubai-ruler-sheikh-mohammed-organised-kidnapping-of-his-children-uk-court-finds|archive-date=5 March 2020|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref> The judge accepted the allegations that in 2000 Mohammed ordered the unlawful abduction of his daughter Sheikha Shamsa from the United Kingdom to Dubai.<ref name=BBC20200305>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Gardner (journalist)|date=5 March 2020|title=Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed abducted daughters and threatened wife – UK court|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51756984|url-status=live|publisher=BBC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210929012653/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51756984|archive-date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref> On two occasions, in 2002 and 2018, Mohammed ordered and orchestrated the forcible return of his daughter Sheikha Latifa to the family home in Dubai. In 2002, the return was from the border of Dubai with Oman, and in 2018 it was by an armed commando assault at sea near the coast of India.<ref name=BBC20200305/> Sheikha Shamsa and Sheikha Latifa were, following their return to the custody of their father's family, allegedly deprived of their liberty. The judge also found allegations of physical abuse amounting to torture, previously made by Sheikha Latifa in a video, to be credible.<ref name=BBC20200305/>
The High Court also accepted that Sheikh Mohammed had conducted a campaign, by various means, with the aim of harassing, intimidating or otherwise putting Princess Haya in great fear from the end of 2018.<ref name=BBC20200305/> Princess Haya was subjected to intimidation and abuse, including having a gun placed on her pillow twice and threats to be taken to a remote prison.<ref name=BBC20200305/>
Early in the court proceedings, Sir Andrew McFarlane described the sheikh as "a man of international prominence whose position and international standing justify a high level of respect". In March, writers for ''The Guardian'' reflected upon that contextualisation, commenting: "After McFarlane's explosive conclusions, it is unclear whether his flattering description still holds."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Siddique|first1=Haroon|last2=Cook|first2=Chris|date=5 March 2020|title=Kidnapping court judgment: can Sheikh Mohammed's reputation survive?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/kidnapping-court-judgment-can-sheikh-mohammeds-reputation-survive|url-status=live|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200305171007/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/05/kidnapping-court-judgment-can-sheikh-mohammeds-reputation-survive|archive-date=5 March 2020|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
On 6 October 2021, the High Court found that agents of Sheikh Mohammed used the Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of Princess Haya, her solicitors including Baroness Fiona Shackleton,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Richard |first1=Laurent |authorlink=Laurent Richard |last2=Rigaud |first2=Sandrine |title=Pegasus |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-250-85869-6 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=x |language=en}}</ref> a personal assistant and two members of her security team in the summer of 2020 "with the express or implied authority" of the sheikh. The spyware's developer, NSO Group, itself had contacted an intermediary in August 2020 to inform Princess Haya of the hacking, of which Sheikh Mohammed denied knowledge. The judgment referred to the hacking as "serial breaches of (UK) domestic criminal law", "in violation of fundamental common law and ECHR rights", "interference with the process of this court and the mother's access to justice" and "abuse of power" by a head of state. It was also revealed that Sheikh Mohammed attempted to purchase a property near to Princess Haya's home, that "if anyone chose to use it, it is in prime position for direct or electronic surveillance". Princess Haya told the court: "It feels as if I am being stalked, that there is literally nowhere for me to go to be safe from [Sheikh Mohammed], or those acting in his interests. It is hugely oppressive."<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Gardner (journalist)|date=6 October 2021|title=Princess Haya: Dubai ruler had ex-wife's phone hacked – UK court|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-58814978|url-status=live|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211006163200/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58814978|archive-date=6 October 2021|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
On 21 December 2021, Princess Haya was granted full custody of her children. The High Court ordered Sheikh Mohammed to pay a lump sum settlement of £251.5 million to Princess Haya in addition to £5.6 million-a-year for each of their two children and an upfront payment of £290 million as guarantee.<ref name="Div-Sett">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59739563|title=Princess Haya: The princess, the sheikh and the £550m divorce settlement|work=BBC|first=Frank|last=Gardner|date=21 December 2021|access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> The sheikh also removed an online poem, titled "You lived, You Died", which had been perceived as a threat by Princess Haya.<ref name="Div-Sett"/> In March 2022, the High Court declared that Princess Haya had been a victim of "domestic abuse", and she was announced as the sole person in charge of the children's schooling and medical care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/24/princess-haya-awarded-sole-responsibility-deciding-schooling/|title=Princess Haya awarded sole responsibility for deciding schooling and medical care of her children with Dubai ruler|work=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=24 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220324160159/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/24/princess-haya-awarded-sole-responsibility-deciding-schooling/|archive-date=24 March 2022|url-access=limited|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> Sir Andrew McFarlane said Sheikh Mohammed "consistently displayed coercive and controlling behaviour" against family members who went against his will.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubai-rulers-ex-wife-gets-custody-children-after-exorbitant-domestic-abuse-2022-03-24/|title=Dubai ruler's ex-wife gets custody of children after 'exorbitant' domestic abuse|work=Reuters|first=Michael|last=Holden|date=24 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220325031000/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubai-rulers-ex-wife-gets-custody-children-after-exorbitant-domestic-abuse-2022-03-24/|archive-date=25 March 2022|url-access=registration|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== ===Honours=== ;National * {{flag|Jordan}}: Grand Cordon with Brilliants of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Jordan, 30 January 2006. ;Foreign * {{flag|France}}: Officer of the Legion of Honour, France, 26 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://princesshaya.net/english/media-center/press-releases/france-grants-hrh-princess-haya-the-national-order-of-the-legion-of-honor/|title=France Grants HRH Princess Haya the National Order of the Legion of Honor|publisher=princesshaya.net|date=6 September 2014|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
===Awards=== * 2015 Hunger Hero Award, United Nations World Food Programme, Davos, Switzerland, 22 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/princess-haya-receive-wfp-hunger-hero-award-davos|title=Princess Haya To Receive WFP Hunger Hero Award In Davos|date=22 January 2015|publisher=World Food Programme|language=en|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
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