[citation needed] Prince Badr was made the commander of the National Guard in 1956, succeeding his brother Musaid.
[2] At the end of 1962, King Saud and his half-brother Crown Prince Faisal were in a feud for political power.
In January 1963, King Saud fired most of the provincial governors, who may have been loyal to Crown Prince Faisal.
Another report claims that King Saud went to Egypt under refuge granted by Nasser and stayed there from 1965 to 1967.
[4] Prince Badr later returned to Saudi Arabia and in 1980 established a company in Riyadh with a Swiss firm which dealt with the soap business.