At His Family Mausoleum, Mohamed Al Fayed Is Buried With His Son

Angela Lloyd

Sep 2

Mohamed Al Fayed has died aged 94, almost 26 years to the day of the crash that killed his son and Princess Diana.

Mohamed Al Fayed went to his grave holding on to his obsession that his son and Princess Diana were murdered in a Paris road tunnel on August 31, 1997.

At Diana's inquest in London, the bitter billionaire explosively accused Prince, now King, Charles of being 'happy' now that the Royal Family had 'cleared the decks, they finished her, they murdered her'.

He spent more than a decade saying that the Royal Family had alleged involvement in the car crash.

Mr Al Fayed was the world's 1,493rd richest person, according to Forbes, worth an estimated $2 billion (£1.59 billion). He installed the Egyptian Room in his Knightsbridge store, which boasted several busts of himself, and he also created a memorial to Dodi and Diana, who were dating at the time of their deaths.

He's supposed to have thought the couple were hours away from announcing their engagement.

Twenty years on from their deaths, friends said he continued to claim that his son Dodi and Diana were killed by security services.

His assertions led to the Harrods store being stripped of its four royal warrants, the right to say that the company supplied goods by appointment to the Royal Family, and in later years, his ramblings about the princess's demise were overpowered by accusations against the tycoon himself.

A string of women came forward in 2017 to accuse him of sexual assault. One alleged girl said she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl when he grabbed her and 'started rubbing himself on her chest'. Another was 17 when she said he coaxed her into a swimsuit and tried to kiss her.

Mr Al Fayed was questioned by the Metropolitan Police and afterwards was not seen in public. He had homes in Surrey and his native Egypt but became a complete recluse.

Mohamed Al Fayed was born in 1929 and was the son of an Egyptian school inspector. He was raised in Alexandria and in his early years, he established a shipping company before moving to the United Kingdom, working his way into high society, despite being refused British Citizenship twice.

He owned Harrods from 1985 to 2010 and still owned the Paris Ritz which he purchased in 1979.

It's extremely sad that Mohamed Al Fayed has passed away, but happy that he and his son have been finally reunited. He appeared to be a lovely gentleman but he bore too much pain. Nobody's child should be taken before their parent.

I liked him, but sadly he never had any peace when Dodi and Diana were killed, and respect should go to this man for his success because it wasn't handed to him on a plate. He became successful through hard work and lived life to the full.