Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al Fayed owned Harrods department store in London. His death comes one day after the date marking the 26th anniversary of the accident that killed his eldest son Dodi Al Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales. Both died in a car accident in Pais on August 31, 1997.
According to the British newspaper The guardFayed was born in Alexandria, the son of a professor who founded a business in his city before becoming an advisor to the Sultan of Burnei, one of the richest men in the world, in 1966.
He arrived in the UK in the 1970s. In 1979, he and his brother bought the Ritz Hotel in Paris.
According to the BBC, the family said in a statement released tonight: “Ms. Mohamed Al Fayed, her children and grandchildren, confirm that her beloved husband, father and grandmother, Mohamed, passed away peacefully of old age on Wednesday. 2023″.
In turn, the English football club Fulham, owned by Mohamed Al Fayed, released a statement expressing grief over Al Fayed’s death.
After the death of his eldest son Dodi in a car accident along with Diana, Princess of Wales, Al Fayed tried to have the Paris disaster investigated. In recent years, Al Fayed has made rare public appearances while living in his mansion in Surrey with his wife Heini.
Source: DN
