A LONDON SENSATION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18822, 12 July 1923, Page 5

A LONDON SENSATION

TRAGEDY AT THE SAVOY ...'I EGYPTIAN PRINCE MURDERED By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, July 10. Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, an Egyptian prince, who has been staying at the Savoy Hotel for a few weeks, and was well-known in West End social circles, was found fatally shot in his rooms at the hotel this moruing. The princess, who is a Frenchwoman, has been arrested and charged with the murder. LATER PARTICULARS TRAGEDY OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. Received July 11, 7.55 p.m, LONDON, July 10. Fahmy Bey, who was found shot in rooms at the Savoy Hotel, was 23 years of age. His wife is 32, and is a striking beauty. They had been married less than a year. The princess dined with her husband yesterday ar the Savoy, apparently on the best of terms. The tragedy occurred after midnight. A member of the night staff, hearing shots, hurried to the prince ’s room, and found the prince outside m the corridor in his night clothes. He died before he reached the hospital. There was a Browning pistol on the floor and bullet murks on the wall of the corridor, also blood stains on the princess’ evening gown in the bedroom. When charged, the princess sat in the dock in a state of collapse, weeping bitterly. A police witness said the princess’ doctor told him the accused was about to go into a nursing home for an operation.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

A ROMANTIC STORY brilliant marriage celebrations LAST DECEMBER. Received July 11, 11.40 p.m. LONDON, July 10. Fahmy Bey met lus wife at the Hotel Majestic, Paris. They were mutually attracted and were constantly together. The Frenchwoman left Paris suddenly, and the prince abandoned hope of seeing her again. A few months later, walking on the front at Deauville, he saw her, confessed his love and eventually won her consent io an engagement. Returning to Egypt he secured the consent of his family to marriage. The Frenchwoman journeyed to Egypt, was presented to Fahmy’s relatives, and agreed to become a Mohammedan The marriage, which took place in Cairo in December, was most brilliant. Hundreds of guests were lavishly en tertained. The first months of the honeymoon were spent iu the prince’s palace on the banks of the Nile. The prince and his wife were prominent m Luxor during the Tut-ankh-anien season, and entertained Lord Carnarvon. The prince’s income was estimated at £lOO,OOO. He was a generous supporter of charity and educational institutions in Egypt.