Mohamed Al Fayed

Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed[a] (/ælˈfaɪ.ɛd/; born January 27, 1929 in Alexandria and died August 30, 2023 in London) was an Arab Muslim Egyptian billionaire businessman, based in the United Kingdom.

Billionaire,

He was the owner of London department store Harrods (the largest shop in the United Kingdom) and Fulham FC football team.

Al Fayed, who achieved wealth through his first marriage into the Kashoggi family of arms dealers. At the time of his death in 2023, Forbes estimated his wealth at US$2 billion.

Application for British nationality turned down

Mohamed moved to Britain in 1974 and has since attempted repeatedly to obtain British nationality. His applications have been turned down by Conservative and Labour governments on the grounds that he is not of good character. He has been involved in a number of high-profile scandals. In 1990 the British Department of Trade and Industry found that al Fayed had lied about his background and assets during the takeover by him and his brother of the House of Fraser Group, parent company of Harrods, in 1985. He also paid MPs, notably the Conservative Neil Hamilton, to ask questions on his behalf in the House of Commons.

Monster rapist

From 1997 onwards, Fayed was the subject of media scrutiny and investigations into accusations of sexual harassment and assault. In 2024, he became the subject of multiple posthumous accusations of rape. Described as a real monster. Likened to infamous Jimny Savile. 'Harrods led us like lambs to the slaughter': "Survivors reveal Mohamed Al-Fayed's abuse - as they reveal chill."

Dodi

In 1997 his son Dodi Fayed began a relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales. On 31 August 1997 an al Fayed employee, Henri Paul, driving while under the influence of alcohol, was at the wheel of the car which crashed killing himself, Dodi and Diana. Mohammed al Fayed has since tried to blame this accident on the British secret service and royal family.

Craved ‘establishment’ approval and claimed "Islamohobia"

Mohamed craved ‘establishment’ approval. His son Dodi’s fateful relationship with princess Diana might have been the moment Fayed finally gained acceptance by the British “Establishment” elite. Instead it marked his permanent estrangement after he insisted — without evidence — that Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip had ordered the Paris car crash in which Diana and Dodi were killed to prevent her from marrying a Muslim.