Greece rolls out red carpet for crown prince, as Khashoggi killing falls off agenda

With Europe grappling with an energy crisis, Mohammed bin Salman finds he is once again welcome

Smiles, handshakes, backslaps and the Acropolis all to himself. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has landed in Europe - his first trip west since the brutal killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi - and on a continent jittering with energy worries, the Saudi royal has received red-carpet treatment.

Human rights concerns aside, the de facto leader of the world's greatest oil producer has luxuriated in a welcome that only recently may have seemed impossible.