The son of King Farouk and his second wife Queen Narriman, Crown Prince Ahmed Fuad[a] was born on 16 January 1952 in Abdeen Palace.

As women could not inherit the Egyptian throne, Farouk's first cousin, Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik, was heir presumptive until Fuad's birth.

[6] On 23 July 1952, the Free Officers led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser started the beginning the Egyptian revolution to dispose the Muhammad Ali non-Egyptian dynasty.

[10] By stepping down, Farouk had wished that the forces opposing the monarchy would be placated, and that Fuad could unify the country during his reign.

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.

[19] After Farouk's death, Fuad was guaranteed protection by Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his wife Princess Grace.

[citation needed] Fuad would later become friends with Rainier in his early adulthood, when he visited Monte Carlo every summer.

[18][10] Growing up, Fuad and his half-sisters lived in Cully, a small village on Lake Geneva, under the care of a nanny, governess and bodyguard.

[18] On his Egyptian passport he has no titles and is simply identified as Ahmed Fuad with job description "previous king of Egypt".

[17] In May 2010, he recorded a television interview with ONTV and talked about his visits to Egypt, how he felt about the Egyptian people, and their view of his late father.

Fuad II supported the candidacy of Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as President of Egypt in October 2013.