Saudi Arabia: Prince Miqrin meets Prince Andrew

Britain’s Prince Andrew began an official visit to Saudi Arabia on 17 November, and was received at the Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh by deputy crown prince Miqrin Bin Abdelaziz. The visit, which the prince said was at the request of the foreign office, was to focus on entrepreneurship, education, healthcare, and science, technology, engineering and maths; the prince visited the ministry of higher education and the Saudi stock exchange, and then attended a lunch hosted by Riyadh governor Prince Turki Bin Abdullah.