Saudi prince was 'held in Mecca palace room' during royal 'coup'

Details have emerged of last month's "palace coup" in Saudi Arabia which saw the king's 31-year-old son depose his cousin to become heir to the throne. Mohammed bin Nayef, the former crown prince, was reportedly held in a room in a royal palace in Mecca and told he could not leave until he surrendered his powers to his younger cousin, Mohammed bin Salman. As part of the midnight plot, The New York Times reported, senior Saudi princes were told in a secret briefing that the 57-year-old bin N