2 min readJul 24, 2026 02:55 PM IST
A photograph of Saudi prince Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdula bin Jalawi Al Saud, who was found dead in a luxury hotel room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington on November 25 last year, has surfaced for the first time.
The 29-year-old prince was found by a hotel cleaner in the bathroom of his locked fifth-floor room. He was fully clothed when he was discovered.
Hotel security staff and paramedics were called immediately, but despite repeated attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead.
According to the Daily Mail, rooms at the hotel cost around 600 Euros per night.
A post-mortem examination concluded that the prince suffered a cardiac arrest after ingesting alcohol, the party drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), and several other substances.
Suicide ruled out
Toxicology tests revealed that Prince Abdullah bin Fahad had a blood alcohol concentration of 222mg per 100ml of blood—nearly three times England’s legal drink-driving limit of 80mg per 100ml.
An assistant coroner, as reported by the Daily Mail, ruled his death an accident, finding no evidence of self-harm or suicide.
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Investigators also found potentially fatal levels of GHB in his system.
Toxicology tests further detected traces of cannabis, the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (commonly sold under the brand name Xanax) at a recreational dose, along with other anti-anxiety medications present at therapeutic levels.
Prince had struggled with alcohol and Xanax misuse
Notably, three months before his death, Prince Abdullah was admitted to the Priory Hospital in Roehampton, southwest London, where residential treatment can reportedly cost up to 35,000 Euros per week, according to the Daily Mail.
During his stay, he underwent detoxification from alcohol, benzodiazepines and the anti-anxiety medication pregabalin.
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Consultant psychiatrist Dr Victoria Chamorro told the Daily Mail that the prince had “engaged well” during treatment and that the detoxification process had “proceeded without physical side effects.”
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