New Delhi, July 21 -- Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal died on Saturday, two decades after falling into a coma following a serious car accident in London in 2005. He was 36. Over the years, Prince Alwaleed came to be known as 'The Sleeping Prince.'

Born in April 1990, Prince Al Waleed was the eldest son of Prince Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, a prominent Saudi royal and nephew of billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal. At the age of 15, while studying at a military college in the UK, the young royal suffered a tragic road accident that left him with severe brain injuries and internal bleeding.

Despite urgent medical intervention and the involvement of specialised physicians from the United States and Spain, he never regained full...