Saturday 11 June 2011

Saudi Prince Khalid bin Adbullah dead at 54

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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