 Farouk's coronation, held in Cairo, on 20 July 1937, outdid the coronation of George VI, which just taken place that May, as Farouk held larger parades and fireworks displays than had taken place in London.For his coronation, Farouk reduced the fares on the Nile steamers and at least two million "fellaheen" (Egyptian peasants) took advantage of the price cut to attend his coronation in Cairo.Farouk's coronation speech implicitly criticized the land-owning Turco-Circassian elite that he himself was a part of, as Farouk declared