The January 1959 issue Whisper takes on ex-King Farouk I of Egypt—who was a favourite tabloid target of the time—describing him as “Fatso Farouk”, “the roly-poly playboy of the Nile”, “the balding balloon boy” and worse. Readers are told that he was at Maxim’s in Paris one night and saw Coccinelle do a song accompanied [...]![]()
