, ▁and ▁attended ▁his ▁coron ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 2 . ▁ ▁Sydney ▁was ▁not ▁bapt ised ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁born ▁to ▁a ▁non - Christ ian ▁father . ▁ ▁Education ▁▁ ▁Sydney ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁the ▁Institut ▁Le ▁Rose y , ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁the ▁Cla re ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁from ▁where ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁history . ▁At ▁Le ▁Rose y , ▁his ▁closest ▁friend ▁was ▁Moh amm ad ▁Re za ▁P ah la vi , ▁who ▁later ▁sent ▁Sydney ▁a ▁special ▁inv itation ▁for ▁his ▁coron ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁while ▁trav elling ▁between ▁C annes ▁and ▁Paris , ▁Sydney ▁met ▁with ▁a ▁road ▁accident ▁and ▁was ▁left ▁with ▁a ▁lim p , ▁which ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁Fab er ge ▁can e ▁that ▁en hanced ▁his ▁already ▁elegant ▁appearance . ▁Sydney ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁U . S . ▁citiz en ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁ ▁Ar rest ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁Sydney ▁was ▁arrested ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁for ▁the ft . ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁reported ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁that ▁the ▁prince ▁had ▁stated ▁that ▁his ▁own ▁" cons ider able ▁funds ▁were ▁un available " ▁to ▁him , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁" only ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁thousand ▁dollars ▁in ▁the ▁bank , ▁not ▁nearly ▁enough ▁to ▁maintain ▁my ▁usual ▁style