Prince William Set to Conclude Three-Day Visit to Saudi Arabia

Prince William’s three-days tour to Saudi Arabia which is started on Monday 9 February,  where the Royal future King met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and focused on government to extend ties with the country.

On Wednesday, Princes of Wales leads to wrap up his official Saudi trip, the conversation between Uk Prince and Saudi Crown Prince discussed about the efforts of desert kingdom, later Prince William was taken to a historic zone, the oasis city of AlUla, where he will visited a nature reserve and see conservation projects

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In AlUla, William was taken to the Sharaan Nature Reserve, where he met rangers helping the crucial conservation efforts being made to protect the area’s natural wildlife and landscape.

During visit the Prince of Wales also revealed his names building, Prince of Wales House in AlUla Old Town, and let him know about that UK’s new cultural space is based there, as well as, the royal also enlightening about the values, originality and revival which is connected with Saudi Arabia and the U.K.

Towards the end of the day, William, accompanied by Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture and Governor of the Royal Commission for AlUla, met artists who have been working on a project with the educational and cultural body, the British Council, to spread information about the revival of the Old Town and
its essential part in AlUla’s cultural comeback.

This Saudi trip consider one the most important diplomatic tour for Prince of Wales’ career so far. The trip will focus on energy transition and young people – key areas of development in a country experiencing important variation.

This three-days trip of royal very unlikely as compare to his grandmother visited in her 70-year ruling era, the rule remains controlling and led by an absolute monarchy, but culturally, society has been opening up and the country is trying to develop its economy beyond a reliance on oil.

Also focused on expanding the list of high-profile entertainment and sporting events on Saudi soil, like, a last year Riyadh Comedy Festival featured an all-star – and predominantly male – line up of heavyweights including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and Bill Burr. As well as Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, the Saudi Formula One Grand Prix and, in 2034, it will host the men’s football World Cup – one of the highest profile events in sport.

Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have accused Saudi leaders of using sport and comedy to whitewash its human rights record. The kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has previously said he “doesn’t care” how it is labelled, as long as it is good for the Saudi economy.

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This visit is also called that two royal families bring together As William’s father, King Charles, has visited Saudi often, both publicly and privately, and maintains a warm relationship with the current generation of Saudi royals.

This will be another stage in what those who work with Prince William call his development as a global statesman. His job will be to smooth the way, to set relationships in a area of huge planned importance to the UK.

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