Saudi Prince who died in London hotel took drugs mixed with alcohol

24.7.2026
A Saudi prince, who was found dead in a London hotel last year, had a mixture of drugs and alcohol in his system.
According to reports, recreational drugs gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), cannabis, and Xanax were detected in his body following toxicology report.
The report presented in court showed Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi al Saud was almost three times the drink-drive limit at the time of his death, according to a report by The Telegraph UK.
An inquest at Inner West London coroner’s court heard that Prince Abdullah, a member of Saudi Arabia’s ruling dynasty, had suffered a cardiac arrest after consuming alcohol and drugs in high quantity. His body was found in the bathroom of his euro 600-a-night room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington, West London, on November 25 last year.
The inquest was told that the prince had been struggling with the use of alcohol and Xanax. Three months earlier, the 29-year-old was admitted to the Priory Clinic in Roehampton, London, where a stay can cost as much as 35,000 euro a week. At the clinic, he was detoxed from alcohol, benzodiazepines, and the anti-anxiety drug pregabalin, the report showed.
After leaving the Priory, the royal further sought treatment at the private 7,000-euro-a-week Rainford Hall clinic in Merseyside, where he was reportedly also diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection. He was discharged from the facility on October 14.
The prince checked into the London hotel on November 19, 2025 for a week-long stay. He was last seen on CCTV on the evening before his death, going for a smoke outside.
Later, a cleaner found the young royal lying on the bathroom floor of his locked fifth-floor room, fully clothed. Paramedics were rushed but were unable to resuscitate him.
His death was not considered to be a suicide risk, and police probe found no evidence of third-party involvement, with CCTV clearly showing him alone the night before his death, the report said. Agency reports