Princess Fadia of Egypt

Who was Princess Fadia of Egypt?

Princess Fadia Farouk was born at the Abdeen Palace in Cairo, as the youngest daughter of the late King Farouk of Egypt and his first wife, the former Queen Farida. After her father was deposed during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived in Italy for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live in Switzerland, to attend boarding school. There, the Princess studied painting, became an accomplished equestrian and met her future husband during college.

On 17 February 1965, she married Pierre Alexievitch Orloff, a Swiss geologist and descendant of the Russian Royal Family, at the Kensington Registry Office, in London. He converted to Islam, taking the name Sa'id Orloff. They have two sons, Michael-Shamel and Alexander-Ali. The Princess worked as a translator for the Swiss Ministry of Tourism, being fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish.

Princess Fadia died in Lausanne, Switzerland and was buried in the Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.