relationship to Princess Shahnaz. In 1950, Tadj ol-Molouk participated in arranging the marriage between her son the shah and Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari. She left Iran with most of the members of the royal house during the premiership of Mossadegh when the latter asked the Shah to expel them from Iran. They returned to Iran after the fall of Mossadegh in 1953. During the reign of her son, Tadj ol-Molouk normally did not participate in royal representation, in contrast to her daughters and daughter-in-law, nor did she participate much in charity. She did not fully attend the coronation of the shah on 26 October 1967, attending only the reception following it rather than the coronation itself. She did arrange two receptions in her palace annually: one to celebrate the birthday of her eldest grandson, and one to celebrate the fall of Mossadegh. When the health of the shah was beginning to deteriorate in 1971, this was not admitted, and the official reason for physicians to visit the palace was for the sake of the elderly Tadj ol-Molouk. Before the 1979 revolution, Tadj ol-Molouk was sent by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the house of Shams Pahlavi in Beverly Hills. She arrived in Los Angeles on 30 December 1978 aboard an Imperial Iranian Air Force Boeing 747. Soon after her arrival, on 2 January 1979, Iranian students in the city attacked the house and attempted to burn it. Then she and her daughter took refuge at the Palm Springs estate of Walter Annenberg, former US ambassador to the United Kingdom. She died in Acapulco, Mexico, on 10 March 1982, seven days before her 86th birthday. Honours National House of Pahlavi: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Light of the Aryans House of Pahlavi: Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Pleiades, 1st Class House of Pahlavi: Former Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Aftab House of Pahlavi: Former Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Pleiades, 1st Class House of Pahlavi: Recipient of the Emperor Reza Shah I Coronation Medal House of Pahlavi: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year Celebration of the Persian Empire House of Pahlavi: Recipient of the Emperor Reza Shah I Centennial Medal Foreign Kingdom of Egypt, Egyptian Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Virtues, Supreme Class References Other sources Yves Bomati et Houchang Nahavandi: