Saudi prince lookalike sparks furor at car show

Armed with their smartphones, visitors to a car show in Saudi Arabia rushed to have selfie photos with Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal before realizing they have made a serious mistake—he was just a man who looks like the Prince.

Yet they were not disappointed. A YouTube film showed scores of young men surrounded the prince’s lookalike to take shots with him while he kept smiling to overcome his embarrassment.

“I always go thought such embarrassing situations because I look like Prince Al Waleed,” Hisham Siraj told Al Ain Youm daily at Jeddah car show.

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