Salma Bennani, pictured ahead of her wedding to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in March 2002, became Princess Lalla Salma but has rarely been seen in public since 2017 – what has happened to her? Photo: AP Photo/Royal Palace
Salma Bennani, pictured ahead of her wedding to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in March 2002, became Princess Lalla Salma but has rarely been seen in public since 2017 – what has happened to her? Photo: AP Photo/Royal Palace
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Where is Morocco’s Princess Lalla Salma? She went to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011 and met former US first lady Michelle Obama in 2016, but has rarely been seen since

  • Salma Bennani met King Mohammed VI-to-be at a party in 1999 and they have two children: Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, 18, and Princess Lalla Khadija, 15
  • She founded the Lalla Salma Foundation to combat cancer, became a World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador, and works to stop the spread of HIV/Aids in Africa

Kate Berbano

Updated: 12:10am, 17 Mar, 2022

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Salma Bennani, pictured ahead of her wedding to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in March 2002, became Princess Lalla Salma but has rarely been seen in public since 2017 – what has happened to her? Photo: AP Photo/Royal Palace
Salma Bennani, pictured ahead of her wedding to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in March 2002, became Princess Lalla Salma but has rarely been seen in public since 2017 – what has happened to her? Photo: AP Photo/Royal Palace
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