There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the royal family to take the ultimate military risks.
Saud bin Abd al-Aziz was the moon-faced, shortsighted, bespectacled son of the old founder of Saudi Arabia, who'd always been his father's protege bu… - Robert Lacey
Saud bin Abd al-Aziz was the moon-faced, shortsighted, bespectacled son of the old founder of Saudi Arabia, who'd always been his father's protege bu…
- Robert Lacey
I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the rules; there were… - Robert Lacey
I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the rules; there were…
There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the roy… - Robert Lacey
There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the roy…
Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state. - Robert Lacey
Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state.
The Billy Carter of the British monarchy. - Robert Lacey
The Billy Carter of the British monarchy.
It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups. - Robert Lacey
It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups.
Of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious. - Robert Lacey
Of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious.
My whole life as a grammar-school boy, getting to Cambridge University and working on the 'London Sunday Times' has been very aspirational. - Robert Lacey
My whole life as a grammar-school boy, getting to Cambridge University and working on the 'London Sunday Times' has been very aspirational.
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