Prince Abdullah Al Saud died in a £600‑a‑night London hotel after consuming alcohol alongside several drugs, resulting in cardiac arrest, a UK coroner has ruled. The 29‑year‑old royal was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington on 25 November last year, Westminster Coroner's Court heard on Thursday.
The inquest was told that Prince Abdullah Al Saud, whose full name is Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi Al Saud, had previously received treatment for substance misuse and had spent time in two high-end rehabilitation clinics in the months before his death. Despite apparently successful detox programmes in both London and Merseyside, he was alone in his hotel room when he drank heavily and took several substances, with no clear sign that he intended to end his life.
