Google translation from the Spanish, partly edited
Mohammed Ali of Egypt and Noal of Afghanistan: Summer Royal Wedding
Egypt's Crown Prince will marry the granddaughter of the last king of Afghanistan on August 30 at the Çirağan Palace, Istanbul
Nowadays rarely do Princes marry Princesses, but this summer will see the exception that proves the rule: the Royal Wedding of Crown Prince of Egypt, Mohammed Ali, with Princess Noal, granddaughter of Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan, Aug. 30 south of the Bosphorus.
The couple met a year ago in Istanbul.
The groom was born in 1979 in Cairo, the eldest son of Fuad II, last king of Egypt, who reigned only a few months of his early childhood in the early 1950s. The Prince has the title Prince of Said and so is the Heir to the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, architect of modern Egypt. He is currently working in Paris in the field of real estate.
The bride was born in 1980 in Rome, the daughter of Prince Mohammed Daoud Khan Pachtounyar, the fifth son of the last king of Afghanistan Zahir Shah and Queen Homeira. She graduated from the Institut Saint-Dominique, a famous French school and has a University degree in European Business. She works at Webster in London, specializing in jewellery design. Their upcoming marraige has delighted King Fouad II, who has endured many personal difficulties, including divorced from his wife, Dominique-France Loeb Picard, the mother of his three children, in 1996.
Far from their country both, the couple decided to formalize their commitment on 27 April in the former Ottoman capital. The traditional ceremony was held in the presence of King Fouad II and his other two children, Princess Fawzia Latifa and Prince Fakhr el-Din, and the mother of Princess Noal, Princess Fatima Begum Aref, and her brother, Prince Duran Douad Khan. With their families, they realized the promised illusion of their close friends Prince Rudolf and Princess Tilsin of Liechtenstein [they married last year in Istanbul, Princess Tilsin is Turkish]. They will all meet again to toast the couple's happiness on 30 August in Istanbul, in the beautiful setting of the Çirağan Palace, on the European shores of the Bosphorus. The Royal Wedding will be in the summer.
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