Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, his family said.
Al-Fayed has passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday (Aug 30), a day before the 26th anniversary of Dodi and Diana's death.
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Al-Fayed has passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday (Aug 30), a day before the 26th anniversary of Dodi and Diana's death.
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00:00 Mohammed Al-Fayed, who formerly owned Harrods department store and whose son was killed
00:06 alongside Princess Diana in a 1997 car crash, has died at the age of 94 on Wednesday.
00:14 Around but never fully accepted by the British establishment, Al-Fayed was known as a flamboyant
00:19 and wildly outspoken tycoon.
00:21 Born in Egypt, he built his family's fortune in real estate, shipping and construction.
00:26 He moved to Britain in the 1970s and in 1985 sparked one of the country's most bitter business
00:32 feuds trying to take over Harrods.
00:35 After a quarter of a century of ownership, he sold the department store to Qatar's sovereign
00:39 wealth fund.
00:40 Al-Fayed had also owned other establishment symbols such as Fulham FC and the Ritz Hotel
00:45 in Paris.
00:46 Al-Fayed would later become obsessed by the belief that Princess Diana's death was orchestrated
00:51 by the royal family, a conspiracy theory that was unsupported by any evidence.
00:57 His own son Dodi, who was dating Diana at the time, died alongside the royal when their
01:00 car crashed in Paris as they tried to outrun paparazzi.
01:05 Al-Fayed would finally give up legal attempts to show they were murdered when a jury said
01:09 the couple were unlawfully killed by their chauffeur's driving.
01:12 "I'm sorry.
01:13 I'm sorry.
01:14 I'm sorry."
01:14 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.
01:15 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.
01:15 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.