Crown Prince Abdullah has performed most of the duties of the aging monarch in recent years, and is a very likely candidate for succession of the throne should King Fahd succumb to his illness.
アブドラ皇太子は近年、高齢の国王の職務のほとんどを行っていて、ファハド国王が病気で死亡したなら王座の後継者の有力候補である。