King Abdullah goes shopping in New York | The Australian: "AFTER two months in Manhattan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia faced a problem that frequently troubles travellers leaving the Big Apple.
Like many before him, who promise themselves one nice pair of socks in a little brown bag from Bloomingdales and leave with suitcases bulging, the King seemed to have more luggage than he had arrived with.
Reports from JFK airport in New York last week suggest that at least 12 luggage buggies were required to transport his cases onto three aircraft.
In the mountain of bags there were signs of several heroic shopping expeditions, most likely undertaken by his enormous retinue - two wives and their respective staffs and a film crew.
The King was in New York for an operation to treat a slipped disc which was complicated by a blood clot. He had arrived in a wheelchair, clearly in pain, and he had needed some time to recuperate afterwards, booking entire floors at the Plaza and Waldorf Astoria to recover, according to reports."
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