Editing Fuad II of Egypt (section)

===Regency===
On Farouk's abdication, the army proclaimed that Fuad was now King Fuad II of Egypt and the Sudan, at only 6 months of age.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=4 August 1952 |title=Farouk abdicates |volume=33 |page=32 |work=[[LIFE Magazine]] |issue=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref>{{Efn|It was also reported that Fuad was proclaimed as King Ahmed Fuad II of Egypt and the Sudan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=British warships sail for Egypt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jul/28/archive-british-warships-head-to-egypt-1952 |date=28 July 1952 |access-date=10 December 2022 |work=[[Manchester Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Unicorn Book of 1952 |publisher=Unicorn Books |year=1952 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muYkAQAAMAAJ |others=Joseph Laffan Morse |page=226 |access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Britannica Book of the Year 1953 |publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |year=1953 |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/britannicabookof030444mbp |page=10 |access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}} The country was now ruled by Nasser, Naguib and the other Free Officers.<ref name=":0" /> Naguib promised to maintain a [[constitutional monarchy]] with a [[regency council]] holding power until Fuad [[came of age]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 August 1952 |title=Simple life for a King |volume=33 |page=24 |work=Life Magazine |issue=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |access-date=10 December 2022}}</ref> Fuad's constitutional powers were assumed by the [[Cabinet of Egypt|Cabinet]] until 2 August 1952, when a regency body, but not a council, was established.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Rizk |first=Yunan Labib |date=27 January – 2 February 2005 |title=Royal help |work=[[Al-Ahram]] |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/727/chrncls.htm |access-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024020743/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/727/chrncls.htm |archive-date=24 October 2005}}</ref> Prince [[Muhammad Abdel Moneim]] was appointed [[regent]] and led the body.<ref name="Rosten2015" />{{Rp|page=94}} The regency body had no actual powers, however, these having been effectively assumed by the [[Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council|Revolutionary Command Council]] which was led by Naguib. The body was dissolved on 7 September 1952 and Moneim was appointed the sole [[prince regent]], though he still had no actual powers when serving in this role.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Rosten2015" />{{Rp|page=94}}

The monarchy was [[Declaration of the Republic|formally abolished]] on 18 June 1953: Egypt was declared a republic for the first time in its history, and Naguib became its first ever [[President of Egypt|President]]. Fuad was officially deposed and stripped of his royal titles.