Hassan II’s Hidden Daughter: Morocco’s Royal Family Challenges DNA Claims

The 53-page document, drafted by specialist firm SRi Forensics, represents Rabat’s latest defense weapon, reports El Independiente. The experts conclude that the facial similarities between the late monarch and the woman who claims to be his biological daughter fall within normal human variation. According to the report, visual comparison is an “unreliable” indicator for establishing genetic parentage, especially since the study suspects that the photographs widely circulated in the media may have been digitally altered to artificially accentuate the shared features.

Jane Benzaquen case: An image war to evade the DNA test?

On the side of Jane Benzaquen’s defense, the strategy is denounced as straightforward obstruction. Her lawyers stress that physical resemblance has never been the foundation of their legal action, with the case resting on various testimonies and documentary evidence. For the plaintiff, this battle of experts over photographs is solely intended to shift the debate and buy time to avoid the essential issue: direct biological verification.

On Bladi.net : Moroccan Royal Family Sues Woman Claiming to be Hassan II’s ’Hidden Daughter’ for Fraud

The resolution of this sprawling case, now more than twenty years old, depends on the decisions of international justice. While Belgian courts examine the parentage claim, separate proceedings are underway in the United States to obtain access to Hassan II’s historical medical records—the only possible route to conducting the DNA test that could definitively settle the dispute.