Turki bin Salman Is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Money Man
[Middle Easterner Digest expresses gratitude toward Christopher Davidson, a prominent creator and researcher for this piece. His most recent book is From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.] Uncovered recently, the unmistakable new wall painting inside Riyadh's Al-Yamamah Palace — the seat of the Saudi Royal Court — truly deserve remark. It portrays King Salman receptacle Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud in the middle, the supreme Crown Prince Muhammad container Salman Al-Saud (MBS) is to his right side, the undeniably less conspicuous Prince Turki canister Salman Al-Saud to his left side. Inside Saudi Arabia, the painting has stirred up a discussion over the most plausible line of progression in case of the 86-year-old ruler biting the dust. Quite, ideas have arisen that a future "Lord MBS" may be willing (or could have been asked by his folks) to delegate Turki as his likely successor. On paper, such a situation isn't especially unrealistic...