Speculation mounts over Sultan’s NY visit

Having spent much of the past year receiving medical treatment abroad and convalescing in his Agadir palace, Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdelaziz has travelled abroad once more – for what state media described as a “private holiday”. It is understood the 86-year-old heir to the Saudi throne has gone for medical tests at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where several senior Al-Saud have been treated in the past; King Abdullah underwent back surgery there last November (GSN 890/1).