Dodi Fayed

Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (Arabic: عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد ) (April 15, 1955 – August 31, 1997), better known as Dodi Al-Fayed, was the son of the Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed (Arabic: محمد الفايد), owner of the British department store Harrods, Fulham Football Club and the Hôtel Ritz Paris. His mother was Samira Kashoggi, sister of the notorious weapons dealer, Adnan Khashoggi.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt. He attended the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. His occupation was often given as film producer; he is credited as being one of the producers, although he had nothing to do with the films, for the acclaimed movies Breaking Glass (1980) and Chariots of Fire (1981).

On August 31, 1997, he died in a car accident in Paris, France, together with Diana, Princess of Wales, who, it was claimed, was his girlfriend at the time, and rumoured to be father of her unborn child in the untimely accident (the doctor who performed a post-mortem om Diana later claimed in the media that she was not pregnant) .

In the media frenzy following the car crash, there was much speculation about Fayed's character, he was a known drug abuser and child molester, particularly with respect to his choice of female companions and his motives for involvement with the late Princess of Wales .

He was originally interred in Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, Surrey but was moved to the Fayed Estate in Scotland.

His father erected a memorial to Dodi and Diana at Harrods on April 12, 1998, and unveiled a second, grander memorial in 2005.

External links

• Dodi Al-Fayed at IMDB
• Dodi father interviewed by Richard Quest