Personal Life
Iffat was a dark blond with bright eyes. She liked to garden roses. She was a fluent French-speaker and loved to read. She was remarkably well organized.
She appeared at many state functions and received female dignitaries. She traveled far and wide across Saudi Arabia. Her palace had an open-door policy which allowed any Saudi citizen to visit her. She was rarely ever photographed in public and she never appeared on television.
On 17 February 2000, she died after an unsuccessful operation. She was buried in Riyadh after Friday prayers.
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