The royal family, including Saudi King Abdullah, (l.), is believed tobe concerned about homegrown jihadists. (AP)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is causing his own diplomatic drama at a New York City hospital, where the 86 year-old monarch has commandeered an entire wing as he recovers from back surgery on the VIP floor.
King Abdullah -- who repeatedly exhorted the U.S. to "cut the head off the snake" by launching military strikes to destroy Iran's nuclear program, according to leaked diplomatic cables -- has forced other patients out by block-booking top treatment and recovery rooms at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.
A family member of one patient told us, "The king has taken the entire luxury treatment wing and booked out all the rooms, even though they are empty and he doesn't need them, to protect his privacy.
"Patients are grumbling that they have been moved out to other areas of the hospital, and that despite there being a number of unused VIP treatment rooms, they can't be moved into them because they are all reserved for the king of Saudi Arabia."
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