Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah prepared to bury his former heir, Crown Prince Nayef, yesterday before naming a new successor at a challenging time for the world's top oil exporter and self-styled steward of Islam.
The crown prince died on Saturday and his body arrived in Jeddah a day later, met at King Khaled Airport by a host of Saudi princes.
Among them was the most likely candidate to take the position to succeed the king – Prince Salman, 76, another son of Saudi Arabia's founder Abdulaziz ibn Saud.
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