Ellen Milligan And Jonathan Browning Bloomberg

London's family courts frequently play host to the most acrimonious and costly disputes between estranged couples. But none have been as revealing or expensive as that between Dubai's ruler and his former wife, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein.

Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum conducted a campaign aimed at "intimidating and frightening" his estranged wife Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein before she fled to the UK, a London judge has ruled in a case over the welfare of their two young children.

London's family courts frequently play host to the most acrimonious and costly disputes between estranged couples. But none have been as revealing or expensive as that between Dubai's ruler and his former wife, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein.

Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum conducted a campaign aimed at "intimidating and frightening" his estranged wife Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein before she fled to the UK, a London judge has ruled in a case over the welfare of their two young children.