The King of Morocco appeared in public in Rabat this week. Her big change in appearance caught the eye. Mohammed VI has been discreet in recent years following health problems.
Morocco has been manufacturing cars from foreign manufacturers for decades. But there was no car manufacturer that was 100% Moroccan. It’s done with Neo Motors which unveiled its new model to King Mohammed VI at the Royal Palace in Rabat. The king immediately discovered the prototype of a hydrogen car developed by the NamX company run by a Moroccan.
Mohammed VI appeared in public transformed. The king of Morocco no longer has the round physique and the overweight that characterized him. The 59-year-old ruler showed a much slimmer face, looking quite pale. A significant physical change.
It must be said that Mohammed VI has been in fragile health for several years. The king of
Morocco has had two heart operations, once in Paris at the Ambroise Paré clinic in Neuilly and then in Morocco. The Royal Palace is very discreet about the state of the king. He would suffer from sarcoidosis – a disease of unknown cause that can affect the lungs – and cardiac arrhythmia. The Afrik.com news portal described the king’s state of health a few days ago as “most worrying”.
Discreet in his country, Mohammed VI would have spent 200 days abroad in 2022, recalls La Vanguardia. He made long stays in Paris, Gabon or the Seychelles. The king returned to Morocco last March after a three-month stay in Gabon to rest. Since his return, it was only his second official appearance. The state of health of Mohammed VI had led to the postponement of the summit between Spain and Morocco in 2020 and more recently to an interview with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
King Mohammed VI divorced Princess Lalla Salma in 2018, who has since disappeared from public view. The couple have two children: Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, 20, and Princess Lalla Khadija, 16.
