The royal couple preferred to spend their honeymoon in Ramsar, a small town near the Caspian Sea. Once married, Queen Farah resolved to get to work and help her husband in building a better future for the Iranian people. Prince Reza, heir to the throne was born on October 31,1960. The Shah announced the news to his beaming wife at her bedside. The royal couple went on to have three more children: Farahnaz (March 12, 1963), Alireza (April 28,1966 -January 4, 2011) and Leila (March 27, 1970 – June 10, 2001).