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Article: All in the family.(All in the family)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2006
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The Al Sauds run everything
IMAGINE that Britain was known as Windsor Britannia, or Spain as Bourbon Iberia; that their royal families still ruled directly, with no messy elected bodies in the way; and that their members included not just the royal couple, some wayward kids and a few cousins, but thousands of princelings, all demanding grace and favour. Imagine, further, that every newspaper felt obliged to print such choice items as this: "The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, has sent a reply cable of thanks to Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector-General, thanking the ...