sheikh mohammed ordered illegal phone hacking during a crucial phase of the hearings. princess haya's phone was hacked, so were those of her personal assistant, her security and legal team — and even that of baroness shackleton, her barrister and a member of the house of lords. princess haya, in white, fled dubai two years ago after learning of her husband's abduction and mistreatment of two of his daughters. she applied for court orders to prevent her children from being returned to dubai. thejudgments published here today reveal the extraordinary lengths that one middle eastern ruler — and a close ally of britain — has gone to to exercise total control over the women in his family. the measures had been described as an abuse of power and a serial breach of criminal law here in britain. the court heard how agents of the dubai ruler used intrusive spyware called pegasus, sold by isreal�*s nso group to the united arab emirates to infect the mobile phones