Saudi Arabian King Salman has cut short his planned three-week holidays in France, after just a eight days.<br /><br /> It comes after some 150,000 residents of the French riviera town of Vallauris signed a petition over the closure of a public beach outside his villa.<br /><br /> Beachgoers welcomed the news that the sandy strip was now reopened to the public, but some didn’t see what the fuss was all about.<br /><br /> A Saudi source quoted by Reuters newsagency said that the change of holiday plans was not linked to the media storm that his visit triggered. Local council Jean-Noel Falcou who lodged the petition felt it breached laws on equality.<br /><br /> Not everything can be bought. .We have never fought against the coming and goings of any millionaires. We have fought against the fact that a millionaire one can bend the French laws.”<br /><br /> Though the waters may be calm for now, the Saudi King said that he hoped his schedule next year would allow for a visit to nearby Cannes, which could prove another test for French-Saud
