Expert on Saudi Arabia and author Thomas Lippman states at the "Abdullah’s Kingdom: Saudi Arabia After King Fahd" press conference, that King Abdullah has already named half brother Prince Sultan as the successor to the Kingdom.
Lippman says that Sultan has health problems and may not outlive King Abdullah. There have been many names of potential successors after Abdullah, but nobody knows for sure who would be the next King of Saudi Arabia. (:39)
August 8, 2005
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