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Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud (born 1977)

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Khalid bin Bandar
SpouseLucy Cuthbert
Names
Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherBandar bin Sultan
MotherHaifa bint Faisal
ReligionIslam

Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: الأمير خالد بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) is a Saudi businessman and a member of the House of Saud. Khalid bin Bandar is the son of Bandar bin Sultan.[1]

Education

Khalid attended Eton College before going up to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated in Oriental studies. He also attended Sandhurst Military Academy, graduating as a commissioned officer,[2] before becoming a post-graduate at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[citation needed]

Career

Khalid bin Bandar started his career, working at the United Nations's department of political affairs in New York.[2] He worked for 3 years as an advisor to the Saudi Ambassador in Washington DC. He is an executive chairman of Dayım Holding founded in 2006. He is also an acting general manager of Al Hama Company, a Saudi-based retail company and the chairman of Byblos Real Estate Development Company based in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

In June 2017 HRH Prince Khalid became the Saudi ambassador to Germany.

Personal life

In Oxford in March 2011, Khalid married Lucy Caroline Cuthbert (b. 1982), maternal niece of Duke of Northumberland at a ceremony attended by a handful of guests.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Sabri, Sharaf (2001). The House of Saud in commerce: A study of royal entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. ISBN 81-901254-0-0.
  2. ^ a b "Board Members". Dayım Holdings. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "H.R.H. Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Another royal wedding: Saudi prince marries Englishwoman". CBS News. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Saudi prince weds in Oxford register office". The Oxford Times. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2013.