Detained Saudi princess requires urgent medical care, supporters tell British government
Saudi Princess Basmah Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz speaks during a discussion on the role of women in the Middle East at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC on 12 April 2017. [MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images]
March 1, 2021 at 1:09 pm
Prominent Saudi Arabian Princess Basmah Bint Saud, who is being held with her daughter Souhoud in Riyadh, is suffering from a heart condition that requires urgent medical treatment, her supporters have claimed. They have sent two letters, one to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and the other to Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, urging both to intervene on behalf of the princess.