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Farida of Egypt

Farida was the queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years as the first wife of King Farouk. She was the first queen of Egypt since Cleopatra to have left seclusion and played a public representational role, attending public functions and acting as honorary patron of various charities and public foundations and programs in accordance with the modern image the monarchy wished to represent at the time. The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1948.