{"id":276883,"date":"2025-07-20T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276883\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:10:19","slug":"prince-who-spent-20-years-in-coma-after-horror-uk-crash-dies-aged-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/276883\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince who spent 20 years in coma after horror UK crash dies aged 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud spent more than 20 years in a coma following a car accident in London, which left him with severe brain injuries<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_474779\">Katy Hallam<\/strong> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_474779\">Chiara Fiorillo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>20:34, 19 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752999019_878_0_Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-194002.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Saudi prince who spent two decades in a coma following a devastating car crash in London has passed away, his father has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, the eldest son of Prince Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, died at the age of 36.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He became known as the &#8220;Sleeping Prince&#8221; after spending more than 20 years in a coma, following a tragic accident when he was just 15 years old whilst studying as a military cadet in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/man-dies-after-being-sucked-32095517 \" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Man dies after being sucked into MRI machine in freak accident<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He sustained severe brain injuries and internal bleeding in the crash, and despite emergency medical treatment, he never fully regained consciousness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was treated at King Abdulaziz Medical City and remained on life support until his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">His devastated father announced the tragic news on social media, posting: &#8220;With hearts believing in Allah will and decree, and with deep sorrow and sadness, we mourn our beloved son: Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, may Allah have mercy on him, who passed away today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Prince Khaled stayed devoted to his son throughout the years and refused to consider withdrawing life support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During a hospital visit with his sons Saud and Mohammed, Prince Al-Waleed&#8217;s younger brothers, Prince Khaled requested prayers that his son might recover and awaken from his coma, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/breaking-saudi-prince-al-waleed-35584830\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Although there were occasional minor physical responses from the prince that offered hope he might be improving, he remained in a critical state until his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">His hospital room regularly welcomed visitors who came to offer prayers and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The funeral prayers for the prince are scheduled to take place on Sunday at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Following Prince Khaled&#8217;s announcement on X, numerous individuals expressed their condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud spent more than 20 years in a coma following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-276883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114884550780242140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}