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May he rest in peace.
Condolences to the family. May he rest in peace. His Majesty made the long trip to Brisbane, Australia for the World Leaders G20 Summit November 15th. January the 1st he was admitted to hospital. So I guess the Crown Prince Salman acted as regent for his brother then. Crown Prince Salman is 80 yrs old.
I am guessing Prince Charles is on his way to Riyadh.
The Prince of Wales is expected to attend the funeral of King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia later on Friday.
Clarence House officials are understood to be urgently working on transport arrangements to get the Prince to Riyadh in time for the ceremony.
The Prince has been a regular visitor to Saudi Arabia over the years and counted the king as a personal friend.
If he attends the funeral, he will be doing so as the representative of the Queen, who no longer makes long distance trips overseas.
Sources said it was "likely" the Prince would attend the service if a scheduled or Royal flight aircraft can get him there in time
According to CNN and Wikipedia, he's 79.
Learning with regret of the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, King of Saudi Arabia, on 23 January 2015, special instructions have been received requesting that all Union Flags on buildings of her Majesty's Government be flown at half-mast from 8 a.m. this morning until 8 p.m. this evening, 24 January 2015.
And the coronation of the new king will be when?
Apparently he's not as busy now