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The truth about Saudi Arabia’s rulers is worse than you thought

The behaviour of Saudi Arabia’s most powerful prince invites a peculiar fascination.

Mohammed Bin Salman, 39, effectively runs the oil-rich state as his 89-year-old father Salman ails; yet MBS, as the prince is known, seems to spend much of his time aboard his 400-foot superyacht, Serene, where on one cabin wall, it is said, hangs Leonardo da Vinci’s stunning painting Salvator Mundi, bought at a New York auction for $US450 million.

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