I see that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is hard at work, ensuring his future will be spent sitting on the throne:
Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman’s brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, the US media reported Friday, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom’s de facto ruler.
The detentions cast aside the last vestiges of potential opposition to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and come as the kingdom limits access to Islam’s holiest sites in a highly sensitive move to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a brother of King Salman, and the monarch’s nephew Prince Mohammed bin Nayef were accused of treason and taken from their homes early Friday by black-clad royal guards, the Wall Street Journal reported citing unnamed sources.
The Saudi royal court has accused the two men, once potential contenders for the throne, of “plotting a coup to unseat the king and crown prince” and could face lifetime imprisonment or execution, the newspaper said. [AL Monitor]
If you’re the type that gets appalled at the messy operations of liberal democracies, take your mind off of those wacky liberals and consider just how much fun it would be to have folks in black uniforms show up in the middle of the night and take someone you love away.
Just because they’re inconvenient to the ambitions of a “Prince”.
I feel quite sure that the Prince will ascend to the throne and rule with an iron hand in the traditional velvet glove, and will be considered impregnable.
Right up until he takes it in the neck. It’s hard to repress naked ambition, as MBS himself should know.
