A Saudi prince who was found de.ad in a luxury London hotel room with a cocktail of alcohol and party drugs in his system has been pictured for the first time
Prince Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi al Saud, 29, was discovered by a cleaner on the bathroom floor of his £600-a-night room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington on November 25 last year.
The prince had previously spent time at the Priory Clinic in Roehampton, south-west London, where rehab treatments can cost up to £35,000 a week.
During his time at the facility in August last year he underwent detoxification from alcohol, benzodiazepines and the anti-anxiety drug pregabalin.
A post-mortem concluded the Saudi royal suffered a cardiac arrest after ingesting alcohol, the party drug GHB and a number of other substances.
An assistant coroner ruled his death was a tragic misadventure, finding there was no evidence he intended to take his own life.
Inner West London Coroner’s Court heard the prince had checked into the west London hotel on November 19 for what was due to be a week-long stay.
The last confirmed sighting of him came on CCTV the previous evening when he left the hotel to smoke a cigarette before returning alone.
The following day, a cleaner entered his locked fifth-floor room and found him lying fully clothed on the bathroom floor.
Hotel security staff and paramedics were called, but despite attempts to revive him he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Toxicology tests revealed Prince Abdullah had a blood alcohol level of 222mg per 100ml of blood – almost three times England’s legal drink-drive limit of 80mg.
The inquest heard this level alone was within a range that could potentially cause a coma.
He was also found to have potentially fatal levels of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, commonly known as GHB, in his system.
Tests also detected traces of cannabis, the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam, better known as Xanax, in a recreational dose, alongside other anti-anxiety medicines present at therapeutic levels.
The court was told the prince had struggled with alcohol misuse and Xanax before his de.ath.
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