- Title: UK: EX-KING SAUD IN LONDON FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
- Date: 6th October 1968
- Summary: 1. GV AIRPORT BUILDING 0.03 2. SV AIRCRAFT TAXIES IN 0.10 3. SV OFFICIALS WAITING 0.11 4. SV SAUD DOWN STEPS OF AIRCRAFT (2 SHOTS) 0.32 5. SV SAUD GREETED 0.40 6. SV SAUD TO CAR 0.48 7. SV SAUD ENTERS CAR 0.51 8. SV OTHER MEMBERS OF PARTY DOWN STEPS OF AIRCRAFT 0.56 9. SV CAR AWAY (2 SHOTS) 1.12 Initials JP/V/AS/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 21st October 1968 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, UK
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA26T562IB466XR54CIWA4XRAYD
- Story Text: EX-KING SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA ARRIVED IN LONDON TODAY (SUNDAY) TO UNDERGO TREATMENT ON HIS KNEE. THE 67-YEAR-OLD FORMER KING FLEW IN FROM CAIRO BY CHARTERED JET WITH 40 RELATIONS AND WIVES. HIRED GUARDS AND POLICE RINGED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT TAXIED IN.
AFTER BEING HELPED DOWN THE GANGWAY BY EMBASSY OFFICIALS, THE KING DROVE OFF TO A LONDON HOTEL WHERE HE HAS HIRED TWO FLOORS. HIS ENTOURAGE FOLLOWED IN 30 CARS AND A LARGE VAN TOOK THE 200 ITEMS OF LUGGAGE. AN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EX-KING SAUD, WHO RELINQUISHED THE THRONE TO HIS BROTHER FEISAL IN NOVEMBER, 1964, WOULD PROBABLY SPEND A MONTH IN BRITAIN.
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