Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt passed away--at age 91--two days ago on July 2nd, in Alexandria Egypt. She lived a long life--filled with glamor and style--and yes, her share of sadness I am sure. She was the first wife of Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran (he married three times) and therefore, upon marriage to the Shah, became Queen of Iran (the Empress of Iran title came with the third and last wife, the Shahbanou Farah Diba). Their marriage occurred in 1939. She bore him a daughter in 1942 and soon after in 1945, she was "over it" and obtained an Egyptian divorce in 1945, and moved back to Egypt. In 1948, she finally got an Iranian divorce so it was finally "done and done". Five months after the divorce, Fawzia married Col Ismail Shirin, an Egyptian aristocrat who held diplomatic and military posts under King Farouk. They lived together in Alexandria until his death in 1994, and had a son and a daughter...