Princess Fadia
Born	(1943-12-15)15 December 1943 Abdeen Palace,Kingdom of Egypt
Died	28 December 2002(2002-12-28) (aged 59) Lausanne,Switzerland
Burial	Rifai Mosque
Spouse	Pierre Alexeievich Orloff ​ ​ (m. 1965)​
Issue	Michel-Shamil Orloff Alexander-Ali Orloff
Father	Farouk of Egypt
Mother	Safinaz Zulfikar

Princess Fadia (Arabic:الأميرة فادية; 15 December 1943 – 28 December 2002) was born at theAbdeen Palace inCairo. She was the youngest daughter of the late Former KingFarouk of Egypt and his first wife, theQueen Farida. After her father was deposed during theEgyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived inItaly for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live inSwitzerland, to attendboarding school. There, the Princess studiedpainting, became an accomplishedequestrian and met her future husband. The couple bred and trained racehorses, and Fadia worked as a translator for theSwissMinistry of Tourism.

Fadia was born at theAbdeen Palace inCairo. She was the youngest daughter of the late Former KingFarouk of Egypt and his first wife, theQueen Farida.^[1][2] After her father was deposed during theEgyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived inItaly for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live inSwitzerland, to attendboarding school. There, the Princess studiedpainting, became an accomplishedequestrian and met her future husband.^[2]

On 17 February 1965, Fadia married Prince Pierre Alexeievich Orloff (born 13 December 1938), ageologist and descendant ofOrlov family, at theKensington Registry Office, inLondon.^[2][3][1] He converted toIslam, 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 care for them.^[2] The Princess worked as atranslator for theSwissMinistry of Tourism, being fluent inFrench,Arabic,English,Italian andSpanish.^[2]

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

• Farouk of Egypt
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• Swiss female equestrians
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• Muhammad Ali dynasty princesses
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