A photo shows 11 Saudi princes, government ministers and businessmen
sleeping on thin mattresses on the floor as they await their fate
following their arrest in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the
kingdom’s modern history. Arrested: Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, one of the world’s highest-profile investors.
In a photo obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com the men are seen
gathered together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, the Saudi
capital, inside one of its glittering function rooms – wrapped in
blankets and sleeping on thin mattresses. Military man: Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, who for the past four years had led the National Guard, is among those arrested.
Saudi sources say that among those photographed in the room are
billionaire investor Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who is a nephew of the
king, worth an estimated $18 billion and owns stakes in Twitter, Lyft
and Citigroup.
The photograph was revealed as President Trump went all-in supporting
the man who ordered the mass arrests, Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman,
the ferociously ambition 32-year-old heir to the throne.
The photograph of princes on bare mattresses show the depth of their
fall. Although DailyMail.com has no way of verifying the claims from
inside the closed kingdom, claims that the arrested men were being held
at the Ritz Carlton have circulated widely.
Those arrested have been locked in the five star hotel as the
sweeping anti-corruption probe ordered by Saudi King Salman’s son,
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, continues. Another arrest: Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar was president of a large travel group, whose shares plunged.Prince Adel Fakeih, who was minister of economy since April, are being held.
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