Jamal Khashoggi's Complicated History With The Saudi Royal Family
For generations, the Khashoggi family has had close ties to the Saudi royals. Over a long career, Jamal Khashoggi was a loyalist who worked for the monarchy — and a critic who urged reform.
Jamal Khashoggi's grandfather was the doctor to King Abdul Aziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia in the 1930s.
His uncle Adnan Khashoggi became a celebrity billionaire as the weapons broker for another Saudi monarch, King Fahd.
The family name in Turkish means "spoon-maker," perhaps a nod to a history in that trade.
For the first time since the journalist's disappearance on Oct. 2, Saudi Arabia acknowledged late Friday in the country's consulate in
