Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, died this week, his family has confirmed. He was 94.
Al Fayed, the longtime owner of Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club, spent the last 26 years mourning the death of son Dodi Fayed in the car crash in Paris with Diana in 1997 and fighting the British establishment he blamed for their deaths.
The family’s statement on his passing, released by Fulham Football Club, reads, in part: “Mrs Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren wish to confirm that her beloved husband, their father and their grandfather, Mohamed, has passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday August 30, 2023… “He enjoyed a long and fulfilled retirement surrounded by his loved ones.?
Al Fayed was convinced Dodi and Diana were killed in a conspiracy. He maintained the royal family arranged the accident because they did not like Diana dating an Egyptian. He claimed that Diana was pregnant and planned to marry Dodi and that the royal family could not countenance her marrying a Muslim.
Separate inquiries in the U.K. and France also concluded there was no conspiracy.