Leila Pahlavi, third daughter and youngest child of Mohammad Reza Shah and Shahbanu Farah. She was interested in fashion and worked for Valentino fashion house. She passed away in London in 2001.
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Princess Leila was the youngest child of the Pahlavi family and only 9 years old when the revolution occurred. She was interested in fashion and art, living in Paris and New York. She passed away in London and is buried next to her father in Cairo.
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