The Shopaholic Princess Maha Al Sudairi Isn’t The Only Saudi Royal In The News!

2012 has been the year of Saudi Royals indeed. Hardly a month has gone bye when they were not in the news. Princess Maha Al Sudairi made headlines recently trying to get away with millions of dollars worth of IOUs all over Paris.

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Read more about her: Shopaholic Saudi Princess Maha Al-Sudairi’s Attempt to Flee!

While she has been on one shopping spree after another (can it really be called shopping if you don’t have to pay for it?), her ex-husband 79-year-old Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saudhas been in news for his foreign trip for medical tests for the second time in less than three months.  It is believed that he is suffering from diabetes, a bone disease as well as cancer.

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Apparently Princes Maha is not the only one who ‘forgets’ to pay for her purchases. Elli Bern Angellino, an artist sued members of the Saudi Royal Family claiming he is owed nearly $12.6 million for 29 sculptureshe designed for the Saudi royal family who personally signed for the shipments.

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It’s not just the Royals who feel they are above the law, even people associated with them deem themselves free to get away with any thing but fortunately sometimes they are not. Mustapha Ouanes, a member of the traveling entourage of Saudi prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd was sentenced to 10years in prison for the rape of a 26-year-old woman in his room at the Plaza Hotel.

The royals have been doing a bit of suing themselves as well.

Prince Abdul Aziz, the third son of Saudi King Abdullah and the kingdom's deputy foreign minister sued the city of Los Angeles to hasten the construction of his mansion. The project is highly opposed by his neighbors-to-be on grounds of environmental concerns.

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But all has not been bad in the world of Saudi Royals. PrinceSultan SalmanAbdulaziz Al-Saudof Saudi Arabia – the first Arab astronaut to go into space was in the news recently for visiting the Udvar-Hazy Center to see Discovery, the shuttle he flew on in 1985 as a payload specialist.

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On a similar positive note, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleedbin Talal topped the Arabian Business Power List for the eighth successive year taking the top slot in the coveted list of the world’s 500 most influential Arabs.

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Talking of Prince Alwaleed, we wonder if it’s just a co-incidence that an upcoming android game is titled the 'Reign of Amira' (Amira being his wife’s name)? The game has players in control of Princess Amira’s sexy boots who's out to win back the lost glory of the Desert Kingdom.

There has also been news of The Saudi Royal family planning to construct the world's tallest building called Kingdom Tower, which will be a whoppingone MILE high.

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And on an extremely inspirational note, Saudi Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud, head of Zahra Breast Cancer Association, led 10 Saudi women attempting to hike up to the Mount Everest base camp to raise awareness of breast cancer among Saudi women. The team successfully raised the Saudi flag at the mountain's Base Camp last May 14th.