Early Life and Education
Prince Khalid was born on 14 September 1949. He is the eldest son of the late Prince Sultan and full brother of Fahd bin Sultan, Faisal bin Sultan and Turki bin Sultan. Their mother is Moneera bint Abdul Aziz bin Mousad al Saud. She died in Paris in August 2011. Moneera bint Abdulaziz was sister of Alanoud, spouse of King Fahd. She was also cousin of King Khalid and Prince Muhammed.
Khalid bin Sultan is a graduate of King Saud University. He then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the US Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He graduated from the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.
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