RIYADH: Crown Prince Sultan, who had surgery in New York in February, will return home soon, one of his sons said in remarks carried by the official SPA news agency yesterday.

SPA quoted Prince Turki bin Sultan, who is the assistant information minister, as saying that his father was in "excellent health", but did not specify when exactly he would return.

Prince Sultan was in New York for treatment after undergoing a period of "prescribed convalescence" in Morocco. He had previously traveled to the United States in November for medical tests.