In a press release published on June 29, 2024, the spokesperson for the Moroccan Royal Palace announced sad news. Mohammed VI is in mourning, his mother Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune Alaoui died this Saturday, at the age of 78. “The spokesperson of the Royal Palace announces, with immense sadness and deep affliction, the death of HRH (Her Royal Highness, Editor’s note) Princess Lalla Latifa, may God have her in His Holy Mercye,” the statement said. The princess did not participate in public events and had no official responsibilities.
The causes of the death of the wife of the late King Hassan II have not yet been revealed. The princess was very discreet about her life, and even more so since the death of her husband in 1999. According to several foreign media, she had married the former head of security of King Hassan II and they lived between France and the Morocco. But the information has never been confirmed. According to African Intelligencethe mother of Mohammed VI owned a residence in the Paris region, where her son visited her, because his “health condition has deteriorated“. In 2022, the King of Morocco had already come to the bedside of his sick mother, as reported by our colleagues at Young Africa.
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A family in love with France
The princess had owned the Château de Betz, in the Centre-Val de Loire since 1972, where she lived with her second husband, according to Africa IntelligenceQuoted by Royal stories. But his son is also a fervent admirer of France. In 2020, Mohammed VI treated himself to a luxurious pied-à-terre in the capital, for the modest sum of 80 million euros. The residence is located at 20 avenue Émile-Deschanel, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The mansion was purchased from Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family and former deputy defense minister. It is located on a plot of 1080 square meters. The very luxurious property, located on the Trocadéro, was built in 1912.
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