He studied for six years in Egypt at Victoria College, Cairo from 1950–56, before emigrating with his mother to England and finishing his high school education at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire.
El a studiat timp de șase ani în Egipt la Victoria College din Cairo (1950-1956), apoi a emigrat cu mama lui în Anglia și a absolvit studiile preuniversitare la Cheltenham College din Gloucestershire.