2023-09-02 01:36:44
This is a detail that the British immediately noted. Billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed died at the age of 94 on Thursday August 31. 26 years following his son, Dodi Al-Fayed, was killed, alongside Princess Diana, with whom he had a relationship, in a road accident in Paris on August 31, 1997.
“Ms. Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and her grandchildren wish to confirm that her beloved husband, their father and their grandfather, Mohamed, passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday August 30, 2023,” his family said in a statement. press release published by the football club of Fulham FC, former property of the businessman.
“Everyone at Fulham was incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of our former owner and chairman, Mohamed Al-Fayed,” wrote in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) English football club Fulhamwhich he owned.
The billionaire was known for his extravagance and his boastfulness, reports the English media, but he has “also been a central figure in key moments in recent history of Britain. »
Owner of the Ritz in Paris
Born in Egypt, Mohamed Al-Fayed had made a fortune by approaching wealthy businessmen, including the Saudi Adnan Khashoggi, brother of his wife and mother of Dodi Al-Fayed. Mohamed Al-Fayed, who had created his own shipping company, had also advised the Sultan of Brunei.
Installed from 1974 in the United Kingdom, Mohamed Al-Fayed made himself known a little more. In France, he bought with his brother the luxury hotel of the Ritz, for 30 million dollars. This story is even told in season 5 of the series “The Crown”. In 1985, they bought the House of Fraser company with the London store Harrods.
His relations were strained with the British government, the latter refusing to grant him the nationality of the country, yet his home for decades, recalls Archyde.com. He had repeatedly threatened to move to France, where he had received the Legion of Honor.
After his son’s death, he tried for several years to prove that he and Princess Diana had been murdered, as they tried to outrun the paparazzi on motorbikes. He even pointed the finger at the British royal family, assuring that they had killed the couple because Diana was pregnant. Charges that have never been proven.
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