Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a session of the Shura Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 19, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS
Reuters: Exclusive: After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against king’s favorite son
LONDON (Reuters) - Amid international uproar over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family are agitating to prevent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from becoming king, three sources close to the royal court said.
Dozens of princes and cousins from powerful branches of the Al Saud family want to see a change in the line of succession but would not act while King Salman - the crown prince’s 82-year-old father - is still alive, the sources said. They recognize that the king is unlikely to turn against his favorite son, known in the West as MbS.
Rather, they are discussing the possibility with other family members that after the king’s death, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, 76, a younger full brother of King Salman and uncle of the crown prince, could take the throne, according to the sources.
Prince Ahmed, King Salman’s only surviving full brother, would have the support of family members, the security apparatus and some Western powers, one of the Saudi sources said.
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WNU Editor: The above Reuters report is nothing but a collection of wishful thinking from dissatisfied Saudis. The Saudi military and security services are staffed with those who are loyal to the Crown Prince .... and I doubt that they are going to turn against him. The only person who has the authority to remove the Crown Prince is the King himself .... and that is not going to happen.
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"The only person who has the authority to remove the Crown Prince is the King himself .... and that is not going to happen." Unless.... the cost of keeping him becomes greater than the benefit. Any monarchy's ultimate objective is to defend its own perpetuation it has to sacrifice one of its own to do that. Whether the Saudi monarchy is close to that point or not I can't say, but one should never say never.
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