State media reports on Saturday say Prince Nayef died while abroad. He recently traveled to Europe for medical treatment.
The news reports say he will be buried on Sunday but did not provide additional details about his illness or cause of death.
Prince Nayef was serving as interior minister when King Abdullah named him crown prince last year.
He had led the Interior Ministry since 1975 and was closely aligned with the country's conservative clerics.
As crown prince, he would have assumed the throne upon King Abdullah's death.
(Photo of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in 2011 by Sultan alSultan.)
Sue Fedor said...
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Heart disease runs rampant in the Saudi royal family. It's one of the reasons why they invested in the Cleveland Clinic. The Clinic treated several members of the Saudi royal family. I'm surprised he didn't go there, but perhaps his ailment was different.