Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 54, eldest child of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah
Rob Cibik
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/saudi-prince-khalid-bin-
adbullah-dead-at-54/2011/06/11/AGdiANQH_story.html
Associated Press
June 11, 2011
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
the eldest child of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, has died, state media
reported Saturday. He was 54.
Prince Khalid died Friday and funeral rites were performed in the Saudi
capital Riyadh, according to a statement by the Saudi royal court.
Prince Khalid was honorary head of the Jiddah-based football club Al-Ahli
and was on the board of trustees at the King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology. He was not in line for the throne.
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"Rob Cibik" <rci...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
> the eldest child of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, has died, state media
> reported Saturday. <snip> He was not in line for the throne.
How come? Was he born a girl?
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His name is too short....
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> "Rob Cibik" <rci...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9F01C3FE41DD...@88.198.244.100...
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>> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
>> the eldest child of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, has died, state media
>> reported Saturday. <snip> He was not in line for the throne.
>
> How come? Was he born a girl?
The Saudis follow their own rules, which they are arguably making up as they
go along (after all, the country has only been a unified kingdom since 1932).
The throne does not pass strictly from father to son; rather, sons of the
first king, Abdul-Aziz, are preferred. Although he died in 1953, there are
still reportedly over 35 such still kicking around, of whom perhaps three are
considered potentially smart enough to run the show and maybe eleven others
are influential. The process seems more like a corporate board of directors
deciding who to make CEO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_Saudi_Arabian_throne
Oh, and the deceased may not be the oldest anyway. This prince's W'pedia page
makes the same claim, with a {citation needed} tag present:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutaib_bin_Abdullah
Rob Cibik
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_obit_prince_kha
lid_corrective
AP
June 12, 2011
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – In a June 11 story, The Associated Press erroneously
reported that Saudi Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King
Abdullah's eldest son, had died. The man who died was Khalid bin Abdullah
bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, the grand-nephew of the king.
Brian Watson
"Rick B." <deep...@sprynet.com.aq> wrote in message
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Thanks for that.
Louis Epstein
: Saudi Prince Khalid bin Adbullah dead at 54
:
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/saudi-prince-khalid-bin-adbullah-dead-at-54/2011/06/11/AGdiANQH_story.html
:
: Associated Press
:
: June 11, 2011
:
: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
: reported Saturday. He was 54.
That's at least two Saudi Kings in a row who have survived
their eldest sons.
Prince Faisal bin Fahd,who was Saudi Arabia's IOC representative,
died in King Fahd's reign...Prince Abdullah bin Faisal,a former Interior
Minister,survived his father,and I am not sure about Kings Saud
and Khalid's eldest sons,but the founder King Abdulaziz (1876-1953)
had lost his eldest son before "Saudi Arabia" even began.
: Prince Khalid died Friday and funeral rites were performed in the Saudi
: capital Riyadh, according to a statement by the Saudi royal court.
:
: Prince Khalid was honorary head of the Jiddah-based football club Al-Ahli
: and was on the board of trustees at the King Abdullah University of Science
: and Technology. He was not in line for the throne.
Only because there is no "line for the throne" as Western
monarchies have it,only one or two designated men at a time
rather than a rule applying to the whole family.Had he
outlived enough uncles he might have been considered by
the relevant council.
His career choices,however,mark him as an unlikely prospect.
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at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
Louis Epstein
: "Brian Watson" <Br...@imagebus.co.uk> wrote in news:0sadnWDQHeBt-
Robert Lacey's THE KINGDOM lists Khalid (a former Director of
Administration of the National Guard) ahead of Mutaib (recently
named to head the National Guard) among sons of Abdullah.
The Allegiance Council is supposed to regulate future successions
and can consider grandsons,but Khalid probably stepped off the
"career track" when he left the National Guard for private business.
Louis Epstein
: Correction: Saudi Prince Khalid story
:
: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_obit_prince_kha
: lid_corrective
:
: AP
:
: June 12, 2011
:
: Abdullah's eldest son, had died. The man who died was Khalid bin Abdullah
: bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, the grand-nephew of the king.
Aha,presumably the Khalid who is eldest son of King Abdullah is still
living.
A Khalid bin Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz would be a son of a
son of King Saud (1902-1969,acceeded 1953 and deposed 1964)...
King Saud's sons are given by Lacey in alphabetical order,unlike
those of his brothers.
