A member of the Saudi royal family, Prince Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi Al Saud, was found dead in a luxury London hotel after consuming a combination of alcohol and drugs, an inquest in the United Kingdom has heard.
The 29-year-old prince was discovered unconscious on the bathroom floor of his room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington, west London, on November 25, 2025, after hotel staff entered the locked room during routine housekeeping.
Proceedings at the Inner West London Coroner’s Court revealed that the prince had checked into the hotel on November 19 for a week-long stay and was last seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) on the evening before his death when he stepped outside to smoke a cigarette.
Hotel security personnel and emergency medical responders were called to the scene after the discovery, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the hotel.
Evidence presented at the inquest showed that toxicology tests detected a blood alcohol concentration of 222 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood -almost three times the legal drink-driving limit in England and Wales. The report also found potentially fatal levels of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), commonly known as a “party drug,” alongside traces of cannabis and the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam, popularly known as Xanax, as well as other prescribed anti-anxiety drugs.
The court heard that Prince Abdullah had been receiving treatment for alcohol and prescription drug dependency in the months leading up to his death.
In August 2025, he was admitted to the Priory Clinic in Roehampton, southwest London, where he underwent detoxification from alcohol, benzodiazepines and the anti-anxiety medication Pregabalin.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Chamorro told the court that the prince responded well to treatment, completed his detoxification programme without complications and showed no signs of suicidal intent during his stay.
She said he had experienced symptoms of anxiety and low mood on admission but was assessed as posing no suicide risk when discharged.
According to her statement, Prince Abdullah later failed to attend scheduled online follow-up consultations, although there were no immediate concerns about his wellbeing.
Following his discharge from the Priory Clinic, he reportedly received further treatment at Rainford Hall, a private rehabilitation facility in St Helens, Merseyside, where he was also treated for an upper respiratory tract infection before leaving the centre on October 14, 2025.
A post-mortem examination found no evidence of acute or chronic disease but concluded that the prince suffered a cardiac arrest caused by the combined effects of alcohol and multiple drugs.
Assistant Coroner Jean Harkin ruled out suicide, noting that there was no evidence Prince Abdullah intended to end his life. She said there was no suicide note, no indication from his medical records that he had expressed suicidal thoughts, and no evidence of third-party involvement.
CCTV footage also confirmed that the prince had been alone before his death.
The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure, with the medical cause of death listed as multi-drug ingestion.
Expressing sympathy to the bereaved family, Harkin concluded the proceedings by offering her condolences to Prince Abdullah’s relatives.
