Even if it was for a few minutes, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz was at last forced to act like a commoner, that too in a foreign country.
The 81-year-old Saudi king walking down the flight of stairs. Indiatimes
On his recent trip to Moscow, the Saudi king had to walk down a flight of golden stairs of an escalator because it stopped working midway! And as luck would have it, someone circulated a video of the ‘poor’ (how ironic!) king walking down the steps, thereby creating a hysterical buzz in the social media.
Watch the Saudi King’s gold escalator break down as he arrived in Moscow on a historic state visit https://t.co/IvVqAarbbO pic.twitter.com/5l1GeBT7bH
— RT (@RT_com) October 5, 2017
Saudi King seemingly paralyzed when his plane’s escalators stop working. pic.twitter.com/S7A20KKBp1
— Natasha Fatah 🏹 (@NatashaFatah) October 6, 2017
Needless to say the Twitteratti joined in, and soon memes and funny comments started pouring in. One of them said, “The poor guy had to walk.” While another user thought the incident was really a “royal reception.”
Saudi King’s golden airplane escalator got stuck in Russia. The poor guy had to walk.
Howling 😭pic.twitter.com/cpjM7VHYLY
Advertisement— Gissur Simonarson (@GissiSim) October 5, 2017
The King of Saudi Arabia arrived in Russia and the first thing he saw ….. a broken escalator.
Really, the royal reception … 😎 pic.twitter.com/yxmR3LiQXV— Viktoria (@Ukropo4kA) October 5, 2017
The guy who maintains the escalator is gonna be a dead man. It stopped working while Sallu was getting down 😂😂 https://t.co/IzpGgGrbgE
— Yusuf Unjhawala 🇮🇳 (@YusufDFI) October 6, 2017
King of Saudi Arabia forced to walk down the stairs when his golden escalator malfunctioned. Prayers up to Salman during this tough time. 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/EVHJWhOLoB
— Reza Marashi (@rezamarashi) October 5, 2017
🤣😂Saudi King’s golden escalator breaks down after landing to sign arms deal w Putin. God forbid he walk downstairs 😂pic.twitter.com/Pti5FUeqe9
— Mary💋🇺🇸 (@AmericanHotLips) October 6, 2017
Someone is going to be fed to the lions👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
— Satish Bahri (@SatishBahri) 6 October 2017
This NEVER happened on my magic carpet! 🙂
— David Kidd (@dnkidd) 6 October 2017
, @paragdamle7 ,@mysoulindia , was expecting a Merlin Manroe scene, high winds
— Ryan Subbu (@SubbuRyan) 6 October 2017
, @paragdamle7 ,@mysoulindia , was expecting a Merlin Manroe scene, high winds
— Ryan Subbu (@SubbuRyan) 6 October 2017
According to Bloomberg, the Saudi king brought an entourage of 1,500 people, a golden escalator and his own carpets on the four-day visit to Russia. A plane carrying supplies and food was flying between Riyadh and Moscow daily, and the Saudi government has booked two entire luxury hotels for their visit.
It is to be remembered that the Saudi leader is on a grand visit to Russia, where he is slated to sign a slew of arms and energy deals with the Russian president Vladimir Putin, as both the countries seek to deepen their amity.
Yemenis are starving & the Saudi king has a golden escalator on his jet – all the wealth in the world couldn’t buy you an ounce of humanity.
— Leith Abou Fadel (@leithfadel) October 6, 2017
The leaders of the world’s largest energy exporters discussed an extension of an OPEC agreement to cap oil output and oversaw the signing of deals which officials said were worth billions of dollars.
