{"id":6383,"date":"2025-07-22T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6383"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:37:21","slug":"saudis-sleeping-prince-dies-at-36-after-20-years-in-a-coma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6383","title":{"rendered":"Saudi\u2019s \u2018Sleeping Prince\u2019 dies at 36 after 20 years in a coma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"135\"><strong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"135\">Saudi \u201cSleeping Prince\u201d Dies at 36 After 20 Years in Coma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"303\">Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, known as the \u201cSleeping Prince,\u201d has died at 36 after spending two decades in a coma following a car accident at age 15.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"497\">In 2005, while studying in London, the young royal suffered severe brain injuries in a crash. He was flown back to Saudi Arabia and remained in a coma at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"807\">Despite his condition, his father, Prince Khaled bin Talal, never gave up hope, maintaining a vigil and transforming his hospital room into a space of love and faith through every holiday. His resilience drew visitors from across the country, turning the prince\u2019s bedside into a place of national reflection.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"1034\">On July 19, 2025, the prince passed away. His father announced the news with a heartfelt message, honoring his son\u2019s memory. A prayer service was held the next day with royal family members and citizens paying their respects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi \u201cSleeping Prince\u201d Dies at 36 After 20 Years in Coma Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, known as the \u201cSleeping Prince,\u201d has died at 36 after spending two decades in a coma following a car accident at age 15. In 2005, while studying in London, the young royal suffered severe brain injuries&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6383\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Saudi\u2019s \u2018Sleeping Prince\u2019 dies at 36 after 20 years in a coma&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6385,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383\/revisions\/6385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}