Payment to protect Princess Haya and children from threat sheikh poses to them is highest awarded by a UK court
in a “very significant threat to her security”.
“Most importantly in this regard, and absolutely uniquely, the main threat they face is from HH himself not from outside sources. This is compounded by the full weight of the state that he has available to him as seen by his ability to make use of the Pegasus software, which is only available to governments.”
Details of her spending provided for the proceedings included £6.7m paid to four security staff during her marriage to Sheikh Mohammed after they had allegedly blackmailed her over an affair she had had with one of them. The court had previously heard of the affair and of a phone call the sheikh made to her about it that left her “terrified”. Her ex-husband criticised her use of some funds from the children’s accounts to pay the alleged blackmailers.
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