Princess Lalla Latifa, the legitimate wife of Hassan II and married to his trusted man, died

Exactly in the month of April the king Mohammed VI They left the gun for France As the month of Ramadan ended, in which he presided over several religious ceremonies in Morocco. According to the site’s announcement on April 15, the purpose of the visit was to visit his mother, whose health had deteriorated. Africa Intelligence,

She was the daughter of a provincial governor, her grandfather was also recognized. In fact, He came from an important Berber family, When he married Hassan II in a double wedding ceremony on November 9, 1961 with Lalla Lamia as-Solh, the bride of Moroccan Prince Moulay Abdallah.

death never played a public rolefollowing a protocol. In such a situation, the Moroccan media called him Mother of princes. However, the brief statement from a Royal Palace spokesperson announcing her death referred to the deceased as a “princess” and “the wife of the late King Hassan II and the mother of King Mohammed VI and Their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princesses.”

In any case, after becoming the widow of Hassan II a quarter of a century ago, She remarried Mohammed Mediuri, a trusted man of the deceased king.whom he protected as a bodyguard and head of security until his death in 1999. The stepfather of the current monarch suffered an assassination attempt in 2019 at the entrance of the Al Anuar mosque in Marrakech during Friday sermons. According to him, seven men armed with guns attacked him in broad daylight and fled. He and his driver were injured.

Mohammed VI was last seen in public on June 17at the feast of the sacrifice prayer at the Hassan II Mosque in Tetouan. He was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and his brother Moulay Rachid. The imam prayed for the peace of the souls of the dead rulers, the king’s father and grandfather. Immediately after, Mohammed VI, as the supreme religious personality, carried out the ritual of sacrifice, following the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad.

Maternal figure

The maternal figure has always been important for the Alawite sovereign. Precisely, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs created a Mosque on 1,200 square metres of land in 2018With a budget of 1.02 million dirhams (about 93,843 euros), Name of Princess Lalla Latifa. The shrine, with a capacity for 1,800 worshippers, has two prayer rooms for men and women, a Koranic school, accommodation for the imam and muezzin, and shops. It was inaugurated on May 18 by King Mohammed VI.

The deceased was a resident of this place Betz Castlea small town of 1,000 inhabitants 60 kilometers northeast of Paris, which Mohammed VI inherited from his father. Hassan II bought it in 1972 from a wealthy Norwegian who owned a luxury hotel. Anecdotally, in the 18th century it belonged to a princess of Monaco who had to flee because of the French Revolution. in 71 hectare property Across the river is another smaller palace, the Prince’s Pavilion, built by Hassan II.

The creation of jobs in Betz by the King of Morocco has ensured his popularity. Maintains 20 employees year-roundgardeners, housewives and the staff who are in charge of the maintenance of the building, the park and the royal horses. While you are there, at least three times a year, the service recruits from the locality and the surrounding area rise. On these occasions, the local economy benefits because the baker since Mohammed VI delivers only 300 baguettes a day. He travels with a group of 200 people.