Given how rich Alwaleed is, it’s not surprising to hear that his life is insulated from the morality and sensibilities of the outside world—especially the world outside Saudi Arabia. All you need to hear to understand that are stories about Alwaleed’s dwarfs. Almost every source we spoke to, including Alwaleed’s official spokesperson, confirmed that, like a medieval monarch, Alwaleed keeps in his entourage a group of dancing, laughing, joking dwarfs. One source called them “jesters.” Alwaleed owns a fleet of aircraft, including a 747 and an Airbus A380. One time, a source told us, when the Prince was trying to decide what to buy next, he decided to give the choice to his dwarfs – teaching one the word “Boeing” and the other the word “Airbus.” He called a big meeting with all his aviation advisors and had the dwarfs speak. One said “Boeing” in a funny, jesterly way. The other said “Airbus” in the same manner. The source says Alwaleed laughed and went with the Airbus. Another time, in 1995, according to a source, Alwaleed taught the dwarfs to say “my way or the highway,” and said he would pay the one who said it best some large sum of money. Mostly the dwarfs serve to entertain Alwaleed in that kind of silly manner.

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