King Farouk’s grandson returns to Egypt away from the limelight

Prince Muhammad Ali abandoned a comfortable life in Paris to achieve his dream of returning to Egypt, which was ruled by his grandfather, King Farouk, hoping to preserve the family’s legacy.

The 46 -year -old businessman told AFP that he was pleased to return to the homeland that his family left after the 1952 revolution after more than a century of monarchy and Gamal Abdel Nasser’s arrival to power.

The heir of the former monarchy considered that “for some Egyptians, my return represents a form of historical reconciliation between” Royal Egypt and the Republic “, stressing that he has no political aspirations.
After spenting most of his life in France, he returned to Cairo away from the limelight with the encouragement of his wife, Princess Nawal Zahir, from the deposed Afghan royal family.

Despite his birth in Cairo, Muhammad Ali was forced to wait years before he was able to obtain an Egyptian passport in 2020.

His father, Fouad II, the last king of Egypt, was determined that his son was born on Egyptian lands despite the family’s presence in exile. “That was my father’s strong desire,” he said.

The scenes diplomacy and the personal intervention of the King of Morocco at the time persuaded Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to grant an exception, which allowed the Queen a virtue to put her baby in Cairo alone and in complete secrecy.
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