Attrition among ageing senior leadership will force third-generation princes up Al Saud hierarchy

With many of the Saudi ruling generation ailing, as well as aged, attention is again turning to potential candidates for top jobs among Ibn Saud’s grandsons. GSN has long monitored developments within the Al Saud pecking order, but working out who will be allocated the most senior roles in the next decade remains an inexact science. However, it is possible to identify some of the ‘younger’ royals for whom greater prominence beckons