The spokesperson for the royal palace in Rabat announced the death of Princess Lalla Latifa, this Saturday, June 29, 2024, wife of the late King Hassan II and mother of King Mohammed VI.
Princess Lalla Latifa, born Latifa Amahzoune in 1946 in Khenifra in Morocco, died this Saturday, June 29, announced the royal cabinet in Rabat. She was the widow of Hassan II and the mother of King Mohammed VI, princesses Lalla Meryem, Lalla Asma, Lalla Hasna, and Prince Moulay Rachid. The ceremony will take place in privacy and will take place inside Dar Al Makhzen at the My El Hassan Mausoleum.
Originally from the Berber tribe of Zayanes of Khénifra, Lalla Latifa came from an important Amazigh family. His father, Hassan Ould Mouha, was the pasha of Khénifra and Adel of the Zayanes, and his grandfather was the legendary Mouha Ou Hammou Zayani.
In accordance with a particular protocol, Lalla Latifa never held a public role and remained a non-public member of the royal family. She was referred to in the Moroccan media as the “Mother of the Royal Children”.
After living in France from 2000, where she had a residence in Neuilly-sur-Seine, she returned to Morocco often. In 2019, she settled permanently in Marrakech.
In August 2022, she was unwell and hospitalized in France, and Mohammed VI visited her at her bedside.
Lalla Latifa married the late King Hassan II on November 9, 1961, in a double wedding ceremony with Lamia Solh, the bride of her brother-in-law Moulay Abdallah. Since then, she had become Princess Lalla Latifa. Five children were born from their union, including the current sovereign Mohammed VI.
After Hassan II’s death, Lalla Latifa remarried Mohamed Mediouri, the late monarch’s bodyguard and former head of security at the royal palace. Their second marriage took place in May 2000.
In 2018, in her honor, King Mohammed VI had the “Mosque of Her Majesty Princess Lalla Latifa” built in Salé. This mosque, which bears her name, is located in Hay Essalam and has an area of 1,200 square meters. It can accommodate more than 1,800 worshipers and also has a Koranic school, two prayer rooms and accommodation for the imam and the muezzin.
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