{"id":157661,"date":"2025-07-20T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sleeping-prince-of-saudi-arabia-dead-at-36-after-20-year-coma-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:03:05","slug":"sleeping-prince-of-saudi-arabia-dead-at-36-after-20-year-coma-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sleeping-prince-of-saudi-arabia-dead-at-36-after-20-year-coma-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sleeping Prince\u2019 of Saudi Arabia dead at 36 after 20-year coma &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div \tclass=\"nyp-video-player\" \tstyle=\"background:black;position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;\" \tdata-aspect-ratio=\"16:9\" >\n<div class=\"nyp-video-player__video-container\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;\">\n<div id=\"jw-player-SPdDOYds-W5xXwQyA\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Saudi Arabian royal who spent more than two decades in a coma after a horror car crash in London has died at the age of 36.<br \/>Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud suffered a brain haemorrhage and internal bleeding in the horrific accident in 2005, when he was just 15 years old.<br \/>Widely known as the \u201cSleeping Prince\u201d, he was kept on a ventilator in hospital \u2013 but never regained full consciousness.<br \/>Prince Al-Waleed was the eldest son of Prince Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, who confirmed his death in a heartbreaking post on X today.<br \/>Quoting a verse from the Quran, he wrote: \u201cWith hearts believing in Allah\u2019s 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.\u201d<br \/>Prince Al-Waleed was studying at a military college in London when he was involved in the devastating car crash.<br \/>After the accident, he was hospitalized at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Saudi Arabia\u2019s capital Riyadh, where he remained in a coma ever since.<br \/>Prince Al-Waleed\u2019s father never gave up hope that his son would one day make a full recovery.<br \/>He remained involved in the prince\u2019s care and firmly rejected calls to withdraw life support.<br \/>The hashtag \u201cSleeping Prince\u201d has widely trended on social media following the announcement, with thousands offering their condolences.<br \/>\u201cMay Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled, Rest In Peace. Deepest sympathies to his loved ones,\u201d one wrote.<br \/>\u201cYour time on earth was a blessing to your family and the world in general,\u201d another said.<br \/>\u201cMay his gentle soul rest in perfect peace,\u201d a third said.<br \/>Funeral prayers for the prince will be held today at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh.<br \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ny-postcast\/id1820479072\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Listen Now&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4964919\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/apple-podcast-badge402x.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom:0 !important;max-width: 100%;margin: 0 auto !important;height: auto;width:200px\"><\/a>    <br \/>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxOMnVTR2NwQ1N2d2F0MDl6emlqZjB0MmRia21BWnlPUTdYZjJobWw3ZEJCckdYV1RwdzFjajZJNlJVbXphYm5CRFlKVEkzX0txeFBwOFZDS3k0X25PVE5tQnA2VEg0TS1adFdkajlxc0VmZi1oZExidlBjdFdpMl9XSlo4UHRuQUN2VkxNdFJ0Q2pmQmh6SnBPd0JVZWdtZ3VOMWJINm95M3c3YUtmVE9MejhiT2E5ZUZPY1Rub3lnVWVpZVMx?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Saudi Arabian royal who spent more than two decades in a coma after a horror car crash in London has died at the age of 36.Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud suffered a brain haemorrhage and internal bleeding in the horrific accident in 2005, when he was just 15 years old.Widely known as the \u201cSleeping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}