Prince Talal is in many ways the most surprising, as he and his brother have very senior official positions in the Royal Court, Talal in terms of military and strategy and his brother in terms of religious affairs.

Feisal is a playboy and Ali had to look outside Jordan to find a role for himself in his attempt to become President of Fifa, no doubt funded by his sister and the UAE.

Will be fascinating to watch this develop and to see whether other members of the family break ranks and risk rebellion. I am watching Princes Hamzah and Hassan are being watched by the security forces closely, they are the only two real threats to Abdullah now and I suspect they are both loyal, both could have rebelled a long time ago and had a decent chance of being successful in replacing Abdullah.

The King has reacted swiftly but he will have to deal with very significant internal family issues, in particular how to manage these princes and their family's into some kind of exile.

I don't envy him this task.