There’s a potentially disastrous rift developing between Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - Guardian report
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman standing behind his father Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 13, 2017. that there's a potentially disastrous rift developing between Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son and heir-apparent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman or MBS.MBS is also said to have been out of favour with his father since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi last year.
The king's security team were replaced by 30 of his loyalists as there was concern that some of the old team were loyal to his son. While his father was in Egypt, MBS, with the title 'deputy king,' made personnel changes without his father's consent, according to the Guardian. The elevation of his brother, Khalid bin Salman, to defence minister further centralised power in one branch of the ruling family, The Guardian reported.
The changes angered the king, according to The Guardian, with the monarch learning of them from television in Egypt.According to The Guardian other sources of tension between the prince and king include the Saudi response to protests in Sudan and Algeria. “There are subtle but important signs of something amiss in the royal palace,” Bruce Riedel, a director of the Brookings Intelligence Project and 30-year CIA veteran, told The Guardian.
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