mehanna was chosen by nasser to serve as a representative of the army on the three-member regency body established during the nominal reign of infant king-in-exile fuad ii. however, the regency body had no real powers, these having been assumed by the revolutionary command council (rcc). historians of this period agree that one of the main reasons for the hostility that arose between mehanna and the rcc was that the former actually took his title seriously while nasser and his colleagues had no intention whatsoever of allowing him to exercise the powers that came with it. the standoff ended with the dismissal of mehanna as a member of the regency body. the body was dissolved altogether, and prince muhammad abdel moneim was appointed as sole prince regent.