Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has been ordered by the High Court in London to provide a British record of more than 554 million pounds (R11.6bn) to settle a custody battle with his ex-wife over their two children.
Haya's lawyer, Nicholas Cusworth, said legal fees over two and a half years had reached more than R1bn, adding “the true extent of the colossal sums spent by will never be known”.
“Absolutely uniquely, the main threat they face is from himself not from outside sources,” Moor said. She had an annual budget of more than R1.7bn for her household in Dubai with another R188m spending money, the ruling said. Mohammed's lawyer acknowledged to the court he could raise R26bn in cash within three months.
Haya told the court it was not excessive for her to ask for millions to pay for five housekeepers, clothing, upkeep of her two mansions, one estimated to be worth about R2bn, and regular holidays.Moor ordered Mohammed to pay her R20m for missing haute couture garments which she said had disappeared and R104m to cover nine weeks of vacations for her and family members every year.
However, the sheikh's lawyer, Dyer, described many of Haya's claims as “absurd” or “ridiculous”, and said they were totally at odds with her stated desire for her children to lead a normal life.
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