Princess Fadia of Egypt

Fadia was born at the Abdeen Palace in Cairo. She was the youngest daughter of the late Former King Farouk of Egypt and his first wife, the Queen Farida.^[1][2] 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.^[2]

On 17 February 1965, Fadia married Prince Pierre Alexeievich Orloff (born 13 December 1938), a geologist and descendant of Orlov family, at the Kensington Registry Office, in London.^[2][3][1] He converted to Islam, taking the name Sa'id Orloff.^[2] They had two sons, Michel-Shamil (born 2 September 1966) and Alexander-Ali (born 30 July 1969). Fadia and her husband owned and trained racehorses until an accident made it harder for Sa'id to care for them.^[2] The Princess worked as a translator for the Swiss Ministry of Tourism, being fluent in French, Arabic, English, Italian and Spanish.^[2]

Fadia died suddenly in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 28 December 2002 at the age of 59, and was buried in the Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.^[4]