Factbox-Penpix of Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed and his ex-wife Princess Haya

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike

(Reuters) - A British judge has ruled https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubais-sheikh-mohammed-ordered-phones-ex-wife-lawyers-be-hacked-uk-court-says-2021-10-06 that Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the hacking of the phones of his former wife, her lawyers and security staff.

His conclusions followed a series of court hearings in London to decide on the custody of Mohammed's two children with his former wife, Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein.