Dodi Al Fayed was boyfriend of Madam Diana Spencer and son of Muhammad Al-Fayed, a well-known Egyptian businessman who owns Harrods. The story between the two began in July 1997 and continued until the tragic accident in Paris, in which both lost their lives.
Who was Dodi Al-Fayed, businessman and film and music producer
Dodi Al-Fayed was the son of Egyptian Mohamed Al-Fayed, the millionaire and former owner of the Harrod’s chain, and Samira Kashoggi. He studied at Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria, Egypt, then at Le Rosey Institute in Switzerland. He attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, but only briefly. He then worked as a marketing director at the Harrods department store. Eventually, he became a film producer. Among the films produced: Hook – Captain Hook (1991) and Scarlet’s letter (1995).
The love story between Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed
When Lady Diana Spencer divorced Charles of England, for a time she dated her supposed true love, the heart surgeon. Hasnat Khan🇧🇷 Two years later, however, Diana herself ended the relationship. It was June 1997. A month later, Diana meets Dodi Al-Fayed, responding to the magnate’s son’s invitation to spend the summer with him as a guest in his villa in the south of France.
Last summer together on the Al-Fayed family yacht
To commemorate the occasion, Dodi Al-Fayed purchased a 60 meter yacht, the Jonikal, worth a total of several million pounds. It was a summer told by all the tabloid news around the world. Diana spent the summer with Dodi Al-Fayed and her sons William and Henry. It was also the last vacation of Lady Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed. She celebrates the photos on her yacht, off the coast of Sardinia. Death will come soon after.
The accident and tragic death of Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed in Paris
On August 31, 1997, in a car accident in the Ponte de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, Diana Spencer, Dodi Al-Fayed and the car driver Henri Paul they lost their lives🇧🇷 Countless conspiracy theories have fueled different hypotheses, as if the assassination was carried out by the secret services on behalf of the Royal Family.
The two spent a night at the HĂ´tel Ritz, owned by the al-Fayed family. They left the hotel through a side entrance, to deflect the paparazzi, but reporters noticed the leak and set off in search of the car. To get rid of them, driver and security chief Henri Paul advanced at breakneck speed towards the tunnel at Place de l’Alma. At 00:23, the driver lost control of the car that collided with one of the pillars of the tunnel.
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