David Holden

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David Holden was the Chief Foreign Correspondent of London based newspaper The Sunday Times. He is best known for the most authoritative book on the Saudi Royal family The House of Saud which he started in 1976. Although he was branded 'Pro Arab', he was myteriously assassinated in Cairo, Egypt on December 7, 1977, before he could complete his book. The book was later completed by his friend Richard Johns of Financial Times.^[1] Egyptian intelligence claim he was a case of mistaken identity as there was a reporter with same name. Others say he had dug the history of Saudi Royal family and their relationships with the British just too deep.