King Ahmed Fouad II

'Fuad II, King of Egypt – (Arabic: الملك فؤاد الثاني‎; was born Prince Ahmad Fuad on 16 January 1952) was the last king of Egypt. He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He reigned for less than a year until 18 June 1953. King Fuad II was Egypt and Sudan's last monarch and the last of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty which had ruled since 1805. His short reign came to an end when Egypt was declared a republic on 18 June 1953. Fuad was less than a year old at the time of his accession to the throne, thus, he was never formally crowned. He became king following the abdication of his father, King Farouk I, and joined his family in exile after the monarchy was overthrown in 1953. The Council of Regency headed by Prince Muhammad Abdul Moneim represented him in Egypt while he was in exile. King Farouk had hoped that his abdication would appease the revolutionaries and other anti-royalist forces in the country, and that the baby king could serve as a unifying force for Egypt. Both gambles proved incorrect. After being deposed, Ahmad Fuad was brought to Switzerland, where he was raised and continues to live, remaining as pretender to both thrones. In 1976, the King married Dominique-France Picard (née Loeb, born 1948), the daughter of Robert Loeb and his wife, Paule Picard. She converted to Islam and assumed the title Queen Fadila of Egypt. The couple had three children before they divorced in 1997. Their children are: * HRH Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id (born 5 February 1979) * HRH Princess Fawzia-Latifa (born 12 February 1982) * HRH Prince Fakhr Eddin (born 25 August 1987) In May 2010 Fouad II became the second monarch of the Mohamed Ali Dynasty to address his people in Arabic, he recorded a TV interview with "ON TV" talking about his visit to Egypt and how he felt about the Egyptian people and their love to his late father King Farouk I.

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