Mohammed bin Salman (L) and Mohammed bin Nayef at the GCC summit in Riyadh, December 9, 2015. Power shiftThe now former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz was named to that role in 2015 in what many called a surprise power-shift. By elevating his own son first to deputy crown prince, and now crown prince, King Salman appears to have cut off other branches of the family from the throne. Former Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif pledges allegiance to new Crown Prince #MohammadBinSalman in Makkah. New Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets US President Donald Trump in Washington in March 2017.

Source: CNN June 21, 2017 04:29 UTC