Saudi crown prince offers condolences to British PM after brother dies

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (File/SPA/AFP)
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Updated 31 December 2024
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Saudi crown prince offers condolences to British PM after brother dies

  • Nick Starmer died on Dec. 26 at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer
  • Keir Starmer met Crown Prince Mohammed earlier in December during a visit to Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a cable of condolences to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the passing of his younger brother, Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.

Nick Starmer died on Dec. 26 at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer.

“My brother Nick was a wonderful man,” Starmer said at the time.

“He met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour. We will miss him very much.”

Keir Starmer met Crown Prince Mohammed earlier in December during a visit to Saudi Arabia.


Saudi envoy to Spain discusses tourism cooperation with UNWTO chief

Updated 05 March 2026
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Saudi envoy to Spain discusses tourism cooperation with UNWTO chief

Saudi Ambassador to Spain Princess Haifa Al-Mogrin met with Shaikha Nasser Al-Nowais, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, at the organization’s headquarters in Madrid, on a courtesy visit following her assumption of office.

During the meeting, they exchanged views on the sustainable development of tourism and ways to strengthen cooperation in this area, the Saudi Embassy in Spain wrote in a post on X.

Meanwhile, Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, undersecretary of protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received the credentials of Mohamed Amin Sheikh Osman, the newly appointed ambassador of Somalia to the Kingdom, the Foreign Ministry wrote in a post on X.