The king is of course countless treasures, rich in the enemy's country. But there was a king who stole often, even to Churchill. What is going on here? Why would he do this?
(Old photo of Farouk I)
This king is the last king of Egypt, Farouk I.
Farouk I was the youngest son of Egypt's first king Fuad I. He was born in 1920 in the Teen Palace in Alexandria, Egypt. Because his father gave birth to a lot of daughters, and the eldest son died very early, when Farouk was born, he relieved the old king's urgent need and became the only son of the old king. For this reason, the old king happily announced the whole country, gave a three-day banquet, and publicly announced his son as the son of the sultan. Two years later, Farouk I became the crown prince of Egypt.
When Farouk I entered the school, learning became extremely difficult, and he couldn't make any progress in his studies. The old king racked his brains with little success. In desperation, the old king had to send him to England, hoping to use advanced foreign education methods to promote his son's growth. But Farouk also achieved nothing.
In 1936, the old King Fuad I passed away. Farouk not only inherited the Egyptian throne, but also owned hundreds of millions of dollars in property, hundreds of luxury cars and up to 75,000 acres of fertile land. The following year, the 17-year-old Farouk officially became the king of Egypt.
It stands to reason that, as the king of such an ancient civilized country, sitting on such a wealth of wealth and wealth, Farouk should always do his best to do something for the country and the people.
But Farouk became the last king of ancient Egypt, which is inseparable from his hobbies.
(Old photo of Farouk I)
First, I am greedy for appetite, especially like eating.
Faluk’s appetite is very good and he does not refuse all kinds of food. He especially likes to eat seafood and drink beer. According to records, he once ate 12 eggs for a breakfast, and a lunch could consume 40 quails and 30 bottles of beer. Almost one-third of the time spent on eating every day, I shut myself up in the house to enjoy a variety of food.
Under Farouk’s unrestrained eating and drinking, his weight soared, reaching 300 pounds. As a result, he had a big belly at a young age and had difficulty moving.
In his last meal before his death, the whale swallowed 12 large lobsters, 10 oysters, 8 fishes, and 5 bowls of fried rice. There are also countless cheeses, jams, flatbreads, beans, vegetables and fruits. After eating these things, Farouk lay on the sofa and closed his eyes with satisfaction, and finished his short 45-year life.
Second, romantic and particularly lustful.
Farouk showed his lustful talent as a child. Originally, the old king invited a tutor and a group of children to study with him, hoping that he would succeed in his studies. But Farouk is not interested in learning, and is very interested in reading with his female companion. Later, after arriving in the UK, he did what he wanted and maintained love relationships with more than 10 girls.
At the age of 18, Farouk married an aristocratic lady, but he still couldn't lock his desire for women. He kept his mistresses everywhere, from Ming actors to noble ladies, from folk girls to well-known talented women, all of whom became his hunting targets.
In 1948, Farouk fell in love with a 16-year-old girl who sold jewelry. In desperation, the parents had to cancel their previous engagement and let Faruk marry the girl. On the wedding day, Farouk prepared a bridal gown with more than 20,000 diamonds, a women's dress worth thousands of dollars, and a luxury trip to Europe for 13 weeks.
However, since ancient times, emperors have been lustful, as long as they are not obscene and forget about state affairs, their subjects will pretend not to see them. Farouk's hobby is acceptable, but his most bizarre hobby is intolerable.
(Farouk I and Queen)
Third, like drag racing, use the road as a track.
Farouk has many luxury cars, and he also likes drag racing. He often rampaged unscrupulously in the streets of Cairo. In his eyes, the roads of Egypt are his tracks, and the police are his referees. In order to avoid being disturbed by the police, he painstakingly changed his dozens of luxury cars to red, and roared through the streets of Cairo like a fire truck.
In addition to the above three points, he also has a special hobby, that is, addicted to stealing, so he can be a gentleman of Liang Shang.
At the beginning, Farouk only started from his own body. Whenever an Egyptian minister enters the palace to report to him on state affairs, he will steal things he likes easily. Later, when the ministers saw him, they had to empty their belongings, and Farouk could no longer steal anything. In order to continue to satisfy his "lust for stealing," he went to great lengths to hold a banquet in the palace and asked celebrities from all walks of life to attend, only to facilitate his stealing.
Farouk likes shiny things the most, especially valuables like watches. He also dedicated a room to store his "trophies", and often locked himself in the room to play and admire his loot.
(Farouk I and Churchill)
In 1943, British Prime Minister Churchill, American President Roosevelt and others held a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss plans for war against Japan in World War II. As the host, Farouk did his part to take on the reception work.
Of course Farouk is not interested in the content of the meeting, but there is one thing that makes him dream of, that is, Churchill's pocket watch. The gleaming gold pocket watch exuding alluring light made him fascinated.
So Farouk deliberately looked for opportunities, approached Churchill, and waited for the opportunity to steal this pocket watch.
After Churchill found out, he immediately instructed his men to come back. But Farouk actually lied in public and refused to admit the theft. Finally, under the strong protest of the British government, he was unwilling to hand it over.
After this incident, Farouk also began to reflect. But it was not reflecting on her absurd and shameless behavior, but reflecting on whether her stealing skills were inadequate, which was actually seen by Churchill. So, he went to the prison specially, worshipped a Jiang Yang thief, and practiced "steal skills." Finally, he "returned from his studies" and acquitted his "mentor".
Finally, under the frenzied toss of Farouk I, the Egyptian people couldn't bear it, and ousted him from power in 1952.
When fleeing to Italy, he did not forget to use a beer box as a cover, filled with 38 boxes of treasure. But in the end it was searched, and the investigators also found a large number of pornographic books.
On March 18, 1965, Farouk died at the San Camilo Hospital in Rome, Italy, at the age of 45.
(Reference material: "Exploration · Ancient Egypt")
