Final Years
In 1929, the King abdicated in order to prevent a civil war and went into exile. Queen Soraya lived in Rome, Italy with her family in exile, having been invited by Italy. She died on April 20, 1968 in Rome, Italy.
The funeral was escorted by the Italian military team to the Rome airport, before being taken to Afghanistan where a solemn state funeral was held. She is buried in Bagh-e Amir Shaheed, the family mausoleum in a large marble plaza, covered by a dome roof held up by blue columns in the heart of Jalalabad, next to her husband the King, who had died eight years earlier.
Her youngest daughter, Princess India D’Afghanistan, has recently visited Afghanistan, setting up various charity projects. She is also an honorary cultural ambassador of Afghanistan to Europe.
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