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: Prince Nayef has been officially named Crown
: Prince:
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: No surprises there as the succession
: continues to pass along the line of the now
: elderly sons of Abdul Aziz Ibn-Saud as has
: been the case now for almost six decades!
: The new Crown Prince is 78 and reputed to be
: a hard-line conservative. I can imagine the
: more reform-minded King Abdullah would have
: preferred someone more of his own mind but
: no doubt was unable to go against the
: long-standing family consensus that insists
: the succession continue to pass to the next
: surviving son of Ibn Saud.
:
: I wonder for how much longer this state of
: affairs must continue before a younger
: generation will finally get its chance to
: shine?
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