Mohamed AlFayed, father of Princess Diana’s boyfriend Dodi, dead at 94

Princess Diana was friendly with Mohamed Al Fayed, who had been in royal-adjacent circles for some time due to his ownership of Harrods department store. 3 Michel Dufour // Getty Images. Mohamed Al Fayed, Egyptian billionaire living in England and the father of Dodi Fayed, introduced the pair when he invited Diana to his home in the South of France in the summer of 1997..

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Associated Press 0:00 1:19 LONDON — Mohamed Al Fayed, former owner of the famed Harrods department store in London whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died, his. Four new episodes, set in 1997 in the weeks leading up to the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), zoom in on the private life of the People's Princess after her divorce from Prince. Mohamed al-Fayed was born Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed in Alexandria, Egypt, on Jan. 27, 1929, one of five children of a primary-school teacher, Aly Aly Fayed. Details about his early life are murky. However, to many, he may be best known as the father of Dodi Al Fayed, the boyfriend of Princess Diana who died alongside her in the tragic car crash that took her life in 1997. In seasons.

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8 min. Mohamed al-Fayed, an Egyptian-born tycoon and self-described unwelcome outsider in England who shared grief with British royalty for his son Dodi and Princess Diana after their brief. The Crown 's fifth season introduces Mohamed Al Fayed, the billionaire who pulled the strings behind Princess Diana's doomed 1997 romance with his son Dodi. By Julie Miller November 18,. Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, died this week, his family said Friday. He was 94. Al Fayed, the. Al-Fayed died on Wednesday, his family said, a day before the 26th anniversary of Dodi and Diana's death. "Mrs Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren wish to confirm that her beloved.

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For his part, Mohamed al-Fayed blamed the deaths of the princess and his son on a conspiracy — plotted by Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, and intelligence services — to prevent. The controversial Al-Fayed family is introduced in season five of Netflix's hit historical series "The Crown," when Mohamed Al-Fayed befriends Princess Diana at the Royal Windsor Horse. The Washington Post A photo of Princess Diana and flowers attributed to her © Bernard Bisson/Getty Images The Sun Mohamed Al-Fayed looking at Princess Diana © Antony Jones/Getty Images. Mohamed Al Fayed at the unveiling of a memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi at Harrods, his department store in London, in 2005. The couple had died in a car crash in 1997..

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Photo: Mohamed Al-Fayed was a wealthy Egyptian businessman who once owned the upscale London department store Harrods and the famed Ritz in Paris. He was also the father of Dodi Al-Fayed, the man. In The Crown, we see Al-Fayed introduce the pair. This isn't quite an accurate reflection of reality; Diana had already met Dodi prior to the 90s, back in 1986 at a polo tournament. However, it.