   Farouk at the opening of parliament in 1950, with El-Nahhas Pasha on the far right; Farouk in the 1940s; and with the founder of the Saudi kingdom King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud    From top: King Fuad's funeral, heralding the start of Farouk's age; King Fuad, Farouk's father; Farouk setting out from his Ras Al-Tin Palace in Alexandria -- the end of an era on 26 July 1952; and Farouk's own funeral in Rome in 1965    From far left: Farouk as a child; the front page of Al-Ahram announcing the royal wedding of King Farouk to Queen Farida in 1938; and the king at an Oriental café in exile   Farouk in the company of his second wife Nariman during his first year in exile (far left). After only one year of marriage, Farouk and Nariman separated and she returned to Egypt. The king's companion for most of his life in exile was the Italian opera singer Irma Capece Minuloto (grieving over his body, left) parent page (25 - 31 October 2007, issue #868) |