FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(01 of22)
Open Image ModalA picture shows a partial view of the villa (L) of the Saudi king and a newly built elevator (red) to be used by the king and his guests to access the nearby public beach that will be closed to locals during their stay in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(02 of22)
Open Image ModalA picture shows the villa of the Saudi king and a newly built elevator (red, R) to be used by the king and his guests to access the nearby public beach that will be closed to locals during their stay in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(03 of22)
Open Image ModalA French gendarmerie boat patrols near the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(04 of22)
Open Image ModalA French gendarmerie boat patrols near the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(05 of22)
Open Image ModalA French police officer stands guard at the entrance of a public beach that has been closed to locals during a three-week visit by the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(06 of22)
Open Image ModalA document announcing the closure of a public beach near the villa of the Saudi king hangs at the entrance of the beach in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(07 of22)
Open Image ModalA document announcing the closure of a public beach near the villa of the Saudi king hangs at the entrance of the beach in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(08 of22)
Open Image ModalA car arrives at the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(09 of22)
Open Image ModalA man holds clothes on a hanger as he arrives at the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(10 of22)
Open Image ModalFrench police officers stand guard as a car arrives at the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(11 of22)
Open Image ModalCars leave the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(12 of22)
Open Image ModalA Saudi Airlines plane sits on the tarmac at Nice airport in southeastern France on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
FRANCE-SAUDI-ROYALS-TOURISM(13 of22)
Open Image ModalA car arrives at the villa of the Saudi king in Vallauris Golfe-Juan, southeastern France, on July 26, 2015. King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in France for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents. While the king's three-week visit with an entourage of nearly 1,000 is a boon for the local economy, the closure of a public beach for the privacy and security of the royal party -- along with illegal construction work -- has sparked anger. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:VALERY HACHE via Getty Images)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(14 of22)
Open Image ModalWorkers setting up a temporary elevator on the public beach called "La Mirandole" located below a mansion owned by the Saudi royal family in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Friday, July 24, 2015. The likely visit of Saudi Arabia's king to his family's French Riviera mansion has stirred the ire of beachgoers who will be banned from a stretch of sand. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(15 of22)
Open Image ModalWorkers setting up a temporary elevator on the public beach called "La Mirandole" located below a mansion owned by the Saudi royal family in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Friday, July 24, 2015. The likely visit of Saudi Arabia's king to his family's French Riviera mansion has stirred the ire of beachgoers who will be banned from a stretch of sand. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(16 of22)
Open Image ModalWorkers setting up a temporary elevator on the public beach called "La Mirandole" located below a mansion owned by the Saudi royal family in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Friday, July 24, 2015. The likely visit of Saudi Arabia's king to his family's French Riviera mansion has stirred the ire of beachgoers who will be banned from a stretch of sand. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(17 of22)
Open Image ModalWorkers setting up a temporary elevator on the public beach called "La Mirandole" located below a mansion owned by the Saudi royal family in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Friday, July 24, 2015. The likely visit of Saudi Arabia's king to his family's French Riviera mansion has stirred the ire of beachgoers who will be banned from a stretch of sand. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(18 of22)
Open Image ModalThe mansion owned by the the king of Saudi Arabia, is seen in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Saudi King Salman and an entourage of hundreds arrived on Saturday for a holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach called "la Mirandol" in front of his mansion and the installation of a temporary elevator, seen on the right of the picture. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King(19 of22)
Open Image ModalFrench policemen patrol in front of the public beach called "La Mirandole" located below a mansion owned by the the king of Saudi Arabia, in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Saudi King Salman and an entourage of hundreds arrived on Saturday for a holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach called "la Mirandol" in front of his mansion and the installation of a temporary elevator, seen on the right of the picture. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King Beach Flap(20 of22)
Open Image ModalThe mansion owned by the the king of Saudi Arabia, is seen in Golfe Juan Vallauris, southeastern France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Saudi King Salman and an entourage of hundreds arrived on Saturday for a holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach called "la Mirandol" in front of his mansion and the installation of a temporary elevator, seen on the right of the picture. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King(21 of22)
Open Image ModalA French policeman secures the closed stairway which descends to a tunnel which gives access to the beach called "La Mirandole" and is located below the villa owned by the king of Saudi Arabia in Vallauris-Golf Juan, southeastern France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Saudi King Salman and an entourage of hundreds arrived on Saturday for a holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach called "la Mirandol" in front of his mansion and the installation of a temporary elevator. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
France Saudi King(22 of22)
Open Image ModalFrench policemen secure the closed stairway which descends to a tunnel which gives access to the beach called "La Mirandole" and is located below the villa owned by the king of Saudi Arabia in Vallauris-Golf Juan, southeastern France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. Saudi King Salman and an entourage of hundreds arrived on Saturday for a holiday on the French Riviera, where over 100,000 residents have petitioned against the closure of the public beach called "la Mirandol" in front of his mansion and the installation of a temporary elevator. Despite protests, the region's state official, Philippe Castanet, said, "the beach would be temporarily closed for security reasons". The temporary elevator allowing direct beach access from the mansion to the king's family will be dismantled after his departure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)