The Sheikh's (air) Buttler should have booked the seats together... I'm sure he/she(???) could have done or was it free-seating? BA?
These guys (mainly royals) have not learned the lesson. In the mid-80s, one of them slapped a GF senior purser in the first class cabin in front of the other passengers and fellow crew members because of some seat allocation. They were (and still are probably) the worse passengers among the Gulf Nationals. Obviously, there are exceptions as always. I travel side-by-side with some Qataris in the different cabins and so far I had no problems.
What a difference there is travelling side-by-side with the only 2 CEOs QR ever had so far? This is perhaps a very good example.