There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir, Harry is expected by the royal family to take the ultimate military risks. — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
I lived in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. It was, for a Westerner, pretty idyllic. There were the religious police; there were the… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“MODERN SAUDI HISTORY IN FIVE EASY LESSONS If you did not go hungry in the reign of King Abdul Aziz, you would never go hungry. If you did not have fun in the reign of King Saud, you would never have fun. If you did not go to prison in the reign of King Faisal, you would never go to… — Robert Lacey Copy Share
“Always in life carry this motto with you: When you lose your money, you lose nothing. When you lose your health, you lose something.… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“on December 7, 2001, Osama announced that he was leaving. “He deserted us,” remembers Al-Hubayshi bitterly. “After five weeks his people came round telling us to make our way to Pakistan as best we could and surrender to our embassies there. We had been ready to lay down our lives for him, and he couldn’t make the effort to speak… — Robert Lacey Copy Share
“Compared by one commentator to “the death rattle of a seagull,” Costello’s voice was later said to have provided the model for Marlon Brando’s… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“There was no law that explicitly banned women from driving in Saudi Arabia. There is none today—the Kingdom’s notorious female driving ban is a… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“Of all the varieties of modern pollution, noise is the most insidious.” — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“We were not willing to be the tool of a foreign government,” remembers Sheikh Hassan today. “There were a number of people in authority… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“What, they had asked Meyer, did he do for a living? “Business,” he replied. “What kind of business?” came the question. “My business,” came… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
Fear generates anger, and fear generates violence, and those were part of what built the Saudi state. — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“The challenge of carving an honest and accurate accounting out of the hidden casino syndicates of Las Vegas in the early 1960s was a… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
