With a £400million ($533million USD) superyacht, a French chateau dubbed the world’s most expensive home and links to a record-breaking £340million painting, Saudi Arabia‘s Crown Prince has long been associated with staggering extravagance.
But Mohammed bin Salman, 41, is now sheltering in heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers as Houthi rebels bombard Riyadh, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The reported retreat offers a stark contrast to the gilded lifestyle of the kingdom’s de facto ruler, whose purchases have included a floating palace with two helipads and a mansion with iPhone-controlled fountains, and whose celebrity connections include Johnny Depp and Lindsay Lohan.
The prince,
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