Saudi Prince Died After Consuming High Levels of Alcohol and Drugs, Inquest Hears

A British coroner’s inquest has heard that a Saudi prince who was found dead in a London hotel room last year had consumed dangerously high levels of alcohol and multiple drugs before suffering a fatal cardiac arrest.

According to The Telegraph UK, which cited evidence presented before the Inner West London Coroner’s Court, Prince Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi Al Saud, 29, had nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit in his bloodstream at the time of his death.

A toxicology report tendered before the court revealed that the prince had a blood ethanol concentration of 222 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, significantly exceeding the United Kingdom’s legal drink-drive limit of 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres.

The report also found potentially fatal levels of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) commonly referred to as the “party drug”, alongside traces of cannabis and the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam, widely known by its brand name Xanax. Other anti-anxiety medications were also detected in his system.

According to the inquest, Prince Abdullah suffered a cardiac arrest after consuming substantial quantities of alcohol and drugs.

The 29-year-old royal was discovered unresponsive in the bathroom of his locked fifth-floor room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington, West London, on 25 November 2025.

Evidence presented during the hearing also revealed that the prince had undergone treatment for substance dependency just three months before his death.

He had reportedly been admitted as an inpatient at the Priory Clinic in Roehampton, south-west London, where he received treatment to detoxify from alcohol, benzodiazepines and the anti-anxiety medication pregabalin. According to the report, treatment at the private facility can cost as much as £35,000 per week.

The findings presented at the inquest have shed further light on the circumstances surrounding the prince’s death, with the toxicology report indicating that the combination of alcohol and multiple substances contributed to the fatal medical emergency. The coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of Prince Abdullah’s death is continuing.