Scandal at the Savoy: Marguerite Alibert & Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey

A tumultuous marriage between an Egyptian “prince” and a French courtesan with ties to the British Royal Family ends in murder at The Savoy in 1920’s London.

Sources:

1. Rose, Andrew. The Woman Before Wallis. Picador, 2013.

2. Lady Killers. 1980.

3. Leake, Natasha. “How a Beguiling French Courtesan Captured the Heart of a Young British Prince, in a Love Affair That Scandalised the Royal Family | Tatler.” Tatler, Tatler, 4 Jan. 2023, https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-harrys-memoir-love-affair-edward-viii-and-french-courtesan.

4. A History of Royal Scandals. 2023.

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8. Evening Standard, 28 Mar. 1958.

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