Farouk of Egypt

==Exile and death==
[[File:Farouk I, Narriman & Fuad II in Capri.jpg|thumb|left|Farouk I with his wife [[Narriman Sadek|Narriman]] and their son [[Fuad II of Egypt|Fuad II]] in exile in [[Capri]], Italy (1953)|213x213px]]
Farouk fled Egypt in great haste, and his abandoned possessions—including a huge collection of pornography—became objects of curiosity and ridicule.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101016184056/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,935662,00.html Foreign News: A King's Home] ''Time'', 8 September 1952.</ref> On his exile from Egypt, Farouk settled first in Naples, and later in Rome.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=325–330}} At his first press conference on 30 July 1952, on the island of Capri, Farouk took questions in English, French and Italian, maintaining he was now a poor man, though reporters noted he hired Carlo d'Emilio, a Rome lawyer known in Italy as the "king of lawyers", to represent him.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=44 & 325}} D'Emilo found Farouk the Villa Dusmet, a huge estate outside of Rome, which he rented and became his home.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=326}} In October 1952, Farouk was indicted for treason in Egypt, though no extradition request was filed with the Italian government.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=328–329}} In his exile, Farouk became known as the "king of the night", as he spent his nights at Roman nightclubs in the company of various starlets who had come to Rome to work in either the Italian film industry and/or the Hollywood productions which were filmed in 1950s Italy because of the low lira.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=329–331}} Despite his claims of poverty, Farouk had all of his children educated at the [[Institut Le Rosey]] in Switzerland, one of the most exclusive and expensive private schools in the world.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=85}}

On 13 March 1953, the former Queen Narriman left Farouk to return to Egypt, where she filed for divorce in September 1953, citing his unfaithfulness as her reason.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=331–332}} Farouk chose the Miss Naples of 1953, [[Irma Capece Minutolo]], to be his last "official" mistress.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=30}} Her parents disapproved of their teenage daughter being courted by a much older, married man, but after Farouk offered a considerable sum of money, they consented to their daughter losing her virginity to him.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=32–36}} One of Farouk's best friends during his Italian exile was the mobster [[Charles "Lucky" Luciano]] who had been deported to Italy, and Farouk "bought" his mistress, the Swedish writer [[Birgitta Stenberg]], to be his mistress.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=336–337}} Farouk's relationship with Stenberg ended over his refusal to promote her up to "official mistress" status as she wanted.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=339}} Ultimately, Capece Minutolo objected to living in the Villa Dusmet, which she considered a gloomy and depressing estate, and Farouk moved into a luxury apartment on the Via Archimede in Rome.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=340}} Shortly afterwards, Farouk fired one of his aides, Amin Fahim, for trying to seduce his 14-year-old daughter, Princess Ferial, whom he subsequently discovered had been working as a spy for Egypt.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=340–341}}
[[File:HM-King-Farouk-e-Irma-Capece-Minutolo.jpg|alt=HM-King-Farouk-e-Irma-Capece-Minutolo|thumb|230x230px|Farouk I, in exile in Italy with the Italian opera singer [[Irma Capece Minutolo]], at a nightclub in [[Naples]], 1959]]
On 29 April 1958, the [[United Arab Republic]], a federation of Egypt and [[Syria]], issued rulings revoking his [[Egyptian Nationality Law|citizenship]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Halsey|first1=William Darrach|last2=Friedman|first2=Emanuel|title=Collier's Encyclopedia with Bibliography and Index|access-date=25 February 2010|volume=9|year=1983|publisher=Macmillan Educational Co|location=New York|oclc=9355858|page=574|chapter=Faruk I |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LwJAAAAIAAJ&q=revoking+citizenship}}</ref> He was granted [[Nationality law of Monaco|Monegasque citizenship]] in 1959 by his close friend Prince [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=5 May 1959|title=Monaco Makes Farouk Citizen|journal=[[Deseret News]] |volume=351|issue=107|page=A3|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W0EwAAAAIBAJ&pg=7062,742551|access-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> Farouk's daughter, Princess Ferial, recalled that in exile he was a loving father whose only rules for her as a teenager were that she never wear a dress that exposed any decolletage or dance to rock n' roll music, which he hated.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=351}} In his last years, Farouk lived with Capece Minutolo, continued to visit nightclubs to gamble and socialise, and spent his days at the [[Café de Paris (Rome)|Café de Paris]] on Rome's [[Via Veneto]], drinking coffee, smoking cigars and talking to anybody who approached him.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|pp=352–356}} Farouk disapproved of the social changes of the 1960s, and often wished he could relive his youth in the 1930s.{{sfn|Stadiem|1991|p=355}}

He collapsed at the Ile de France restaurant in Rome after a midnight dinner of oysters and lamb, was rushed to San Camillo Hospital, and died immediately thereafter on 18 March 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19650318.2.14&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Desert Sun 18 March 1965 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/abdication-king-farouk|title=The Abdication of King Farouk |website=www.historytoday.com|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref> While some claim he was poisoned by Egyptian Intelligence,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~monarchs/madmonarchs/farouk/farouk_bio.htm |title=Farouk of Egypt |publisher=Mad Monarchs |access-date=26 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026201010/http://www.xs4all.nl/~monarchs/madmonarchs/farouk/farouk_bio.htm |archive-date=26 October 2009 }}</ref> no official [[autopsy]] was conducted on his body. His will stipulated that he be buried in the [[Al Rifa'i Mosque]] in Cairo, but the request was denied by the Egyptian government under Gamal Abdel Nasser, and he was buried in Italy. The funeral service held in Rome was attended by his mother, Nazli Sabri.<ref>{{cite news|title=Revealing book on Queen Nazli depicts her tragic life in exile|url=http://www.masress.com/en/dailynews/113772|access-date=6 September 2013|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=6 February 2008|author=Ahmed Maged|location=Cairo}}</ref> King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] stated he would be willing to have King Farouk buried in [[Saudi Arabia]], upon which President Nasser said that the former monarch could be buried in Egypt, but not in Rifai' mosque. The body of King Farouk returned to Egypt on 31 March 1965, at night and was secretly buried in [[Hosh al-Basha]], the [[Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt]] Burial Site in Imam [[Al-Shafi'i]] area.<ref>''[[Al-Ahram]]'' newspaper 31 March 1965</ref> During [[Anwar El-Sadat]]'s presidency, the remains of King Farouk were moved to Al-Rifa'i Mosque, where [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammad Ali Pasha]], the founder of the Egyptian dynasty, and the rest of his descendants are buried.

[[File:King Farouk I Tomb in Refaii mosque - Cairo - Egypt.JPG|thumb|King Farouk I tomb in Refaii mosque, Cairo, Egypt]]