Bye-bye Miqrin, as the younger Sudairis tighten their grip

It was received wisdom that King Salman Bin Abdelaziz AlSaud and the increasingly tight Sudairi circle of power which surrounds him would one day seek to replace his half-brother Prince Miqrin as heir to the throne. While generally seen as benign, Miqrin has been isolated within the Al-Saud since King Abdullah’s death (GSN 986/1, 985), and in recent months had already found himself sidelined.