It was a marriage that lasted barely 10 years, producing a single daughter, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi. The divorce was officially attributed to the health risk posed to the queen by the "Persian climate". But during that time, the Egyptian princess who looked like a movie star became one of the most recognised faces in the world, captured on the cover of Life magazine in September 1942 as the "Queen of Iran" by the legendary photographer Cecil Beaton.
The queen, Beaton wrote: "Had sad and mournful eyes, pitch-black hair, a perfectly sculpted face and soft, graceful hands bereft of the wrinkles of labour."
Then as now, the world loved a fairy tale princess. The public was enamoured by the royal graces, fashions and poise of real-life royalty.
Even today, the princesses and queens of the Arab world still capture the imagination of the masses and set trends in both the political and social arenas.
Queen Rania of Jordan, like her predecessor, Queen Noor of Jordan; Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco; Sheikha Mozah of Qatar; Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid; and Princess Ameerah Al Taweel, wife of the Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, are just some of the royals today who have become fashion icons and some of the most photographed women in the Middle East.
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