Succession manoeuvres with Sultan in US for tests


Issue 842 - 05 Dec 2008 | 4 minute read

Amid a flurry of renewed speculation over the health of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdelaziz – who flew from Jeddah to the United States for medical tests on 23 November – Allegiance Council chairman Prince Mishaal Bin Abdelaziz has begun informal soundings among senior royal family members about the future course of the succession. But the Al-Saud are divided,

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