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: How many crown princes have there been in the
: present reign? It seems like they must be
: approaching some sort of record.
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This will be the third one. King Abdullah has reigned since 2005. There was Crown Prince Sultan 2005-11, Crown Prince Nayef 2011-12 and Salman will probably be appointed in a few days.
Yes, they can probably set some kind of record. The reason is of course that they don't use the Western system with the eldest son as Crown Prince, followed by his eldest son. All Kings of Saudiarabia after the founder of the dynasty have been brothers.
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