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How Britain fell for Saudi Arabia’s reforming Crown Prince

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

There are two ways of seeing the extraordinary rise of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince: the blood-stained debut of a new dictator, or the long-overdue emergence of a reformer with the steel to take on the kingdom’s old guard. The British government is firmly in the second camp.

Mohammad bin Salman is just 32 years old, and his effective seizure of power means he defines the kingdom for a generation.

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