He acquired prestigious assets but got into plenty of fights, and is now accused of sexual assault by former employees
That today, a year after his death at the age of 94, he is still making headlines reflects a life much mired in controversy.
His most high-profile war was against the royals and the “establishment” over the death of his beloved son Dodi alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, in a 1997 Paris car crash while being driven by Henri Paul, a Fayed employee who was over the alcohol limit. “I am a father who lost his son,” he told the coroner conducting the inquests into the deaths. “I am fighting unbelievable forces. But with your power as a judge, you have to force MI6 to open their box and find the result.” The coronerBorn in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a school inspector, Fayed rose from selling lemonade and sewing machines to working for the Saudi businessman and arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, advising the Sultan of Brunei and launching his own shipping business.
He set his sights on Harrods, becoming locked in a bitter battle with “Tiny” Rowland, the business tycoon and head of the mining conglomerate Lonrho. Fayed won, though Rowland later accused him of breaking into his safety deposit box at the department store, claims that led to Fayed, along with others,
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