Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not anticipated to attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, a British Foreign Office supply mentioned on Sunday, opposite to Britain’s earlier expectations that he would.
Saudi Arabia can be represented by Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud, the supply mentioned. The Prince is a Turkish Minister of State and a member of the cupboard since 2018. He is the grandson of the late King Fahd and is a part of a brand new technology dropped at energy by Prince Mohammed.
The supply mentioned the change was made by Saudi Arabia.
Britain has invited heads of state from its allies to attend, however it’s as much as the nations to ship.
Saudi illustration on the funeral has been carefully watched for any indicators of one other thaw within the diplomatic chill in Western nations imposed on Prince Mohammed after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which US intelligence says has been permitted by went. Crown Prince.
He has denied any position within the homicide. In 2020, Saudi Arabia jailed eight folks for between seven and 20 years for Khashoggi’s homicide.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
