King ‘deeply saddened’ after death of ‘personal friend’ the Aga Khan

The King is “deeply saddened” implicit the decease of the Aga Khan, who was “a idiosyncratic person of galore years”, a royal root has said.

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual person of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims astatine the property of 20, has died aged 88.

His Aga Khan Foundation announced connected its website that Karim Al-Hussaini, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, died connected Tuesday successful Portugal surrounded by his family.

It is understood Charles has been successful interaction with the Aga Khan’s household privately.

The Aga Khan was a semipermanent person of Queen Elizabeth II and the pair, some ardent fans of equine racing, watched the athletics unneurotic astatine Royal Ascot.

He was the proprietor of Shergar, the Derby-winning racehorse who was kidnapped from his Irish stud workplace successful 1983 and ne'er seen again.

The precocious Queen hosted a meal enactment successful the Aga Khan’s honour astatine Buckingham Palace successful 2008.

Treated arsenic a caput of state, the Aga Khan was fixed the rubric of “His Highness” by the precocious Queen successful July 1957, 2 weeks aft his gramps the Aga Khan III unexpectedly made him heir to the family’s 1,300-year dynasty arsenic person of the Ismaili Muslim sect.

The Prince and Princess of Wales met the Aga Khan astatine an lawsuit successful London successful 2019.

The mates visited the Aga Khan Centre successful cardinal London, wherever they met salient British-Pakistani concern leaders, musicians, chefs and artists.

The Aga Khan Foundation said an announcement connected his successor volition travel later.