Lalla Latifa

Who is Lalla Latifa?

Lalla Latifa Amahzoune is the widow of king Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Asma, Princess Lalla Hasna and Prince Moulay Rachid. Although she never held the title of "Queen," she is referred to using terms such as "mother of the royal children". The privacy accorded to her in Morocco is so great that attempts to publish photos of her in the Moroccan newspaper Al Ayam have been found to violate Moroccan law.

Born Fatima Amahzoune, but called Latifa, Lalla Latifa is the daughter of a senior Berber notable of the Zayan tribe, related to Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, and niece of the Qaid Ould Hassan Amhourok. She married Hassan II in 1961.