Abbas Hilmi II was deposed, and his son Muhammad Abdel Moneim lost his place as heir apparent.

The Royal Edict of 13 April 1922 specifically excluded Abbas Hilmi II from the succession, although it stated that "this exception shall not apply to his sons and their progeny.

[9] Educated at Millfield school in Street, Somerset, Prince Abbas Hilmi pursued his higher studies at Christ Church, Oxford.

In 1970, he made history by becoming the first foreign member of the London Stock Exchange,[11] his election having been rendered possible by a change of Rule 21, which had previously restricted membership to British citizens.

[13] Since his return to Egypt in 1994, Prince Abbas Hilmi has devoted considerable time to the conservation of his family's architectural legacy.

Mediha is a maternal granddaughter of Ahmad Midhat Abbas Yeghen, a descendant of one of the sisters of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of the Egyptian royal family.

[6] As of 2005, Prince Abbas Hilmi's only sister Ikbal (born 1944) lived in Istanbul with their mother Neslişah (1921–2012) and her husband, married in 2000.