"Saif Gadhafi was born in Tripoli in 1972—the Libyan dictator's eldest son by his second wife. He carved out a niche as a pro-Western liberal, in contrast to his hard-line father and siblings. In 2002, he enrolled at LSE and began work on a Ph.D. thesis on "the role of civil society in the democratization of global governance institutions."
Seen as the presumptive heir of an oil-rich North African country, he became a fixture in London society. Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth's second son and Britain's special trade envoy, hosted him at Buckingham Palace in October 2007. Saif later repaid the prince's hospitality in Tripoli.
In 2008, he moved into a £10 million ($16.3 million) mansion in London's tony neighborhood of Hampstead Garden Suburb, near a street known as Billionaire's Row.
He also became friends with Nat Rothschild, scion of the legendary banking dynasty. Over time, Mr. Rothschild hosted Mr. Gadhafi at an engagement party in Greenwich Village; a shooting weekend in the English countryside; and the family villa in Corfu, Greece."
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