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Viral Video Falsely Suggests Saudi ‘Sleeping Prince’ Has Awoken

Social media users misidentified rally driver Yazeed Mohamed Al-Rajhi’s recovery video as proof that the prince had awakened.

Overview

  • Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal has remained in a coma since his 2005 car accident.
  • A video of April’s Baja Jordan rally recovery was erroneously shared as footage of the prince awakening.
  • Rally star Yazeed Mohamed Al-Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk sustained spinal fractures but were cleared as stable.
  • Yazeed Racing’s official updates confirmed the drivers’ hospital examinations and subsequent discharge.
  • The prince’s father has upheld life support for the great-grandson of Saudi Arabia’s founder against doctors’ counsel.