Mohamed Al-Fayed — who verbally attacked the Royal Household after his son Dodi was famously killed with Princess Diana in a 1997 automobile crash — has died.
The billionaire enterprise magnate handed away Wednesday — precisely at some point earlier than the twenty sixth Anniversary of the deadly accident in London on August 31, 1997. Dodi and Diana had been in a Mercedes pushed by the couple’s bodyguard and being pursued at excessive speeds by paparazzi when the tragedy occurred. The bodyguard survived.
Al-Fayed’s household issued a press release Friday, confirming his loss of life because of previous age.
In 2021, Forbes listed his internet value at $1.8 billion, which he amassed from his profitable companies, resembling Harrods Division Retailer, Punch Journal and Kurt Geiger footwear and equipment. He additionally owned main actual property properties at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan and the Hyde Park Residence flats in London.
However Al-Fayed was maybe higher recognized for hurling vitriol on the Royal Household after his son’s lethal automobile wreck. For instance, Al-Fayed known as the royals a “Dracula household” whereas attending the 2008 inquest into Diana’s loss of life.
In courtroom, Al-Fayed vowed to seek out proof contradicting the official police narrative that Dodi and Diana had been killed in a tragic accident, as an alternative of being murdered as some folks believed. He additionally promised to remain the course “till I die,” even when it meant shedding “every thing to seek out the reality.”
Consequently, the British royals dropped Al-Fayed like a foul behavior. Their strained relationship was showcased final yr within the fifth season of “The Crown.”
Al-Fayed was 94.
RIP
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