A 29-year-old Saudi prince died after consuming a fatal combination of alcohol, party drugs and prescription medication in a luxury London hotel, a UK coroner's inquest has heard. The prince, identified as Abdullah bin Fahad bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Jalawi Al Saud, was found dead in his room at the Marriott Hotel in Kensington on November 25 after suffering a cardiac arrest caused by multi-drug ingestion, as reported by several media outlets like The Sun and Daily Mirror.
According to evidence presented before Inner West London Coroner's Court, Prince Abdullah had checked into the euro 600-a-night hotel on November 19 for what was intended to be a week-long stay. He was last seen alive on CCTV the evening before his death when he stepped outside for a cigarette.
The following day, a hotel cleaner entered his fifth-floor room and discovered him lying fully clothed on the bathroom floor. Hotel staff alerted emergency services, but paramedics were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The inquest heard that toxicology tests found Prince Abdullah had a blood alcohol concentration of 222mg per 100ml of blood—almost three times England's legal drink-driving limit. Experts told the court that the alcohol level alone could have induced a coma.
Investigators also found potentially fatal levels of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), commonly known as a party drug, along with traces of cannabis, xanax and other antianxiety medications in therapeutic quantities. Medical experts concluded that the combination of substances led to cardiac arrest and ultimately caused his death.
The court was told that Prince Abdullah had struggled with alcohol misuse and prescription drug dependence before his death. He was admitted to the Priory Clinic in Roehampton in August 2025, where he underwent detoxification for alcohol, benzodiazepines and pregabalin.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Victoria Chamorro said the prince had engaged positively with treatment, displayed symptoms of anxiety and low mood on admission, and completed the detox programme without physical complications. Although he later missed scheduled follow-up appointments, clinicians did not consider him to be at risk of self-harm when he was discharged.
Following his stay at the Priory, Prince Abdullah received further treatment at Rainford Hall Clinic in Merseyside before leaving the facility in October after recovering from an upper respiratory infection, according to evidence presented during the inquest.
Assistant Coroner Jean Harkin concluded there was no evidence that the prince intended to end his life. The court heard there was no suicide note, no indication that he had expressed suicidal thoughts, and no evidence of third-party involvement. CCTV footage also showed him alone during the final hours before his death.
Recording a verdict of death by misadventure, Harkin ruled that the medical cause of death was multi-drug ingestion. She also extended condolences to the prince's family.
The Saudi Royal Court later confirmed Prince Abdullah's death in an official statement, announcing that funeral prayers would be held at the VIP Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh.
