A Saudi prince has been found dead in a luxury London hotel after taking a cocktail of alcohol and drugs, an inquest has heard.
Prince Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi Al Saud, 29, was discovered unresponsive in the bathroom of his room at the London Marriott Hotel Kensington on 25 November 2025.
An inquest at Inner West London Coroner’s Court heard that the prince had checked into the four-star hotel on Cromwell Road six days earlier for what was intended to be a week-long stay.
As reported by the London Evening Standard, he was last seen on CCTV on the evening before his death when he left the hotel briefly to smoke a cigarette.
The following day, a member of the housekeeping staff entered his locked fifth-floor room and found him fully clothed on the bathroom floor. Hotel staff and emergency services were alerted immediately, but despite attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Toxicology evidence presented to the court revealed the prince had a blood alcohol concentration of 222mg per 100ml of blood – almost three times the legal drink-drive limit in England and Wales.
The report also found potentially fatal levels of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), commonly known as the “party drug”, in his system. Traces of cannabis and alprazolam, marketed under the brand name Xanax, were also detected, alongside therapeutic levels of other prescribed anti-anxiety medication.
The court heard that Prince Abdullah had been experiencing difficulties with alcohol misuse and dependence on anti-anxiety medication.
Just months before his death, he underwent treatment at the Priory Hospital in Roehampton, south-west London, where he was admitted for detoxification from alcohol, benzodiazepines and pregabalin.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Victoria Chamorro told the inquest that the prince had “engaged well” with treatment and that the detoxification process had “proceeded without physical side effects”.
The hearing continues as the coroner examines the circumstances surrounding the prince’s death and considers the medical evidence before reaching a formal conclusion.
