Some of the most privileged members of Saudi Society have been held in the Ritz Cartlon Hotel in riyadh and interrogated on the orders of the crown prince. Muhammed bin salman has presented the arrests as a crackdown against corruption, though it would also seem to consolidate his position as the most powerful man in the kingdom. Among those held is the countrys richest investor, billionaire prince alwaleed bin talal, and his most potent remaining rival to the crown princes power, prince mutaib bin abdullah, son of the late king. Very few have been allowed into the hotel, turned prison, but our international correspondent, lyse doucet, was given rare access. We drive in under police escort, just past midnight. No one enters here now without official permission, the worlds most talked about hotel. Riyadhs most palatial, most prestigious, now a gilded prison. Im taken in by saudi officials and told, dont film faces and dont record conversations. Here in the early hours of the morning, th
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