Saudis are funding terrorism. What else is new? I don’t understand why this country treats them like royalty! Oh yes I do - they might get mad and cut off the flow of oil.
Within which is the following statement explaining why the courts supported the Sheik in his successful attempt to ban the book through the publisher:
"Throughout the book there are serious and defamatory allegations about yourself and your family, alleging support for terrorism through your businesses, family and charities, and directly.
"As a result of what we now know, we accept and acknowledge that all of those allegations about you and your family, businesses and charities are entirely and manifestly false."
Emphasis is mine.
This does not exclude the "indirectly" truth. With enough money, as many degrees of separation is easly bought to finance any perversion or evil imaginary.
By not suing the authors, this possible minor semantic legal trap, as well as the British legal system, were exploited by the man, without exposing himself to further legal scrutiny and the sordid factual details of the accusations.