TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - On November 25, 2025, the body of Saudi Arabian prince, Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi al Saud, was found in the bathroom on the fifth floor of the Marriott Hotel in Kensington, London.
An inquest at Inner West London Coroner's Court heard that the 29-year-old prince had checked into the hotel on November 19 for a one-week stay, not long after he was released from the Priory Clinic in the city for detoxification.
According to The Telegraph, the Saudi prince was detoxed from alcohol, benzodiazepines and the anti-anxiety drug pregabalin. The inquest heard that he was also diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection before recovering and leaving the mental health and rehab clinic.
The prince was last seen on CCTV on the evening before his death, going outside to smoke a cigarette. Later, a cleaner found him lying fully clothed on the bathroom floor in his locked hotel room.
While an ambulance and the hotel security were called, they were unable to resuscitate him, and he was then pronounced dead.
A toxicology report showed that the prince had a blood alcohol level of 222mg per 100ml of blood. Nearly three times England's legal drink-drive limit, the inquest heard that alone could have induced a coma, The Sun reported.
Potentially fatal levels of the "party drug" GHB, or Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, were also found in his system, as well as traces of cannabis and anti-anxiety medications including Xanax.
The court heard that the Saudi prince struggled with alcohol misuse and Xanax before his death.
A post-mortem report found that the prince did not have any acute or chronic illnesses, but had suffered cardiac arrest as a result of the combination of drugs and alcohol. There was also no evidence of third-party involvement in his death.
A few days after the prince's death, the Saudi Royal Court issued an official statement announcing Prince Abdullah's death.
It read, "Prince Abdullah bin Fahd bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musaid bin Jalawi Al Saud has passed away to the mercy of Almighty God, outside the Kingdom.”
The statement added that a funeral prayer was to take place at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—a mosque that usually holds funeral ceremonies for VIPs.
According to Saudi media reports at the time, the funeral prayer was to be attended by a high number of princes and officials to reflect the family’s unity.
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