A struggle for the post of the future King is apparently unfolding in Saudi Arabia. Due to his old age and many diseases, the acting King, as they say, "reigns but does not rule". However, most of his functions, especially in foreign affairs, are performed by his son. According to the official hierarchy, he is just the third most important person in the Kingdom, while
Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud is the second one and official heir to the throne, even though he is the King's nephew.
Important to note is why the nephew, and not the son, has become the heir to the throne. In the 2000s and early 2010s, the principle of gerontocracy prevailed. Over a short period, three Crown Princes died, one after another, due to old age. In 2015, according to the tradition,
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, the youngest of the sons of the Kingdom's founder, Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Ibn Saud), became the Crown Prince. After April 29, 2015, when King Salman changed the scheme of succession, his nephew,
Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud, who has no heir and therefore is unable to pass power to his son, became heir.
To describe the son of the King and real candidate for the royal throne in detail, we must first note that he is quite a young man, born in 1985. Currently, Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud is the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the son of the King Salman, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, the head of the Royal Court, the Chairman of the Economic Affairs and National Development Council, and the holder of a number of less important positions.
Anyone who has talked with the Saudi tends to say the same of his negative features: irascibility, impulsiveness, his lack of the desire to regard another person's opinion, even that of a foreign state's President or Prime Minister, the absence of experience in negotiations which leads to his lack of flexibility in decision-making, excessive stubbornness and belief in his rightness, even if his errors are obvious to everybody. The Prince is also vengeful and has an inert inability to forgive his grievances, which is characteristic of reasonable rulers with great experience. In this case, an Arab proverb, which says that a Bedouin is like a camel that never forgets and never forgives offences, is applicable. To sum it all, it is no big secret that these are the typical traits and genes of a common Bedouin, which in this case come from the House of Saudi.
The same features can be found among other members of the Saudi family, even when they became Kings of Saudi Arabia. The fact is that they became Kings at the advanced age and were able to hide their negative traits of character.
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