Fun part: Saudi royal family has been trying to remove wahhabists for at least two decades at this point. If you want to see how serious they are, read up on their latest relaxing on alcohol sales in Saudi Arabia.
Current generation is desperate to get rid of the islamists. They're the single biggest threat to their rule. Most of the support is in the rank and file bureaucracy and citizenry, who are much less cosmopolitan than the rulers.
If you want to fight islamic extremism, Xers and Millenials among royals across all Gulf monarchies are pretty much your best allies. To them islamists are an existential threat.
Notably they have also been warning the West about this for a long time. Not just Saudis, but all major Gulf royalty and their immediate ruling aristocracy.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts...
This is just the most famous moment. There are plenty of others, and these people have been pretty open about warning everyone else about the threat.