CAIRO: Princess Ferial, the daughter of Egypt s last king, was buried in a Cairo mosque on Tuesday after a low-key funeral attended by her relatives.
The princess died in a Geneva hospital on Sunday after a long battle with stomach cancer.
Born in 1938 in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Princess Ferial was the daughter of King Farouk who ruled Egypt from 1936 until the 1952 revolution.
Her half-brother Ahmed Fouad, King Farouk s only surviving child, attended the funeral in the Refaey mosque, where members of the royal family are buried.
The princess was the king s eldest child from his first wife Farida. She lived in Switzerland until her death.
The dynasty ruled Egypt for 150 years until 1952, when King Farouk abdicated. His infant son Fouad acceded to the throne but had to join his family in exile when a republic was declared the next year. -AFP
