Cause of death of Saudi prince in luxury London hotel room revealed

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Cause of death of Saudi prince in luxury London hotel room revealed

Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi al Saud, a Saudi prince who was found dead in a luxury hotel room in London last year, was found to have consumed large amounts of alcohol and drugs, which led to a heart attack.

He was found dead in his bathroom at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington, West London, on November 25 last year.

An inquest at West Inner London Coroner's Court heard that the 29-year-old was booked on November 19 for a week's stay. He was last seen on CCTV the evening before his death going outside to have a cigarette.

However, a cleaning lady later entered his locked room on the fifth floor and found him lying on the bathroom floor. Hotel security and the ambulance service were called, but they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead.

A toxicology report heard that the young royal had a blood ethanol concentration of 222mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, well above the legal limit of 80mg.

He also had potentially fatal levels of the so-called 'party drug' Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), as well as traces of cannabis, the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam, better known as Xanax, in a recreational dose, and other anti-anxiety drugs in therapeutic doses.

The court heard that the deceased had had problems with alcohol and Xanax use.

Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi al Saud had been hospitalized in August last year at the world-renowned Priory Clinic in Roehampton, southwest London, where a stay can cost up to £35,000 a week.


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