Who was Dodi Al-Fayed, Lady Diana’s boyfriend who died with her in Paris

Dodi Al-Fayed was Lady Diana Spencer’s boyfriend. The story between the two began in July 1997 and continued until the tragic accident in Paris, in which both lost their lives.

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Dodi Al-Fayed was the boyfriend of Lady Diana Spencer and son of Mohamed 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, entrepreneur and film and music producer

Dodi Al-Fayed was the son of the Egyptian Mohamed Al-Fayed, the millionaire and former owner of the Harrod’s chain, and of Samira Kashoggi. He studied at the Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria, Egypt, then at the Le Rosey Institute in Switzerland. He attended the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, but only briefly. He then worked as a marketing director at Harrods. Eventually, he became a film producer. Among the films produced: Hook – Captain Hook (1991) and The Scarlet Letter (1995).

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The love story between Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed

When Lady Diana Spencer divorced Charles of England, for a time she dated her alleged 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 invitation of the tycoon’s son to spend the summer with him as his guest in her villa in the south of France.

Last summer together on the Al-Fayed family yacht

To celebrate 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 in the world. Diana spent the summer with Dodi Al-Fayed and her children William and Henry. It was also the last vacation of Lady Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed. Celebrate her photos of her on her yacht, off the coast of Sardinia. Death will come shortly 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 driver of the car Henri Paul they lost their lives. Numerous conspiracy theories have fueled different hypotheses, as if the murder had been carried out by the secret services on behalf of the Royal Family.

The memorial plaque at Harrods

The memorial plaque at Harrods

The two stayed one night at the Hôtel Ritz, owned by the al-Fayed family. They left the hotel by a side entrance, to sidetrack the paparazzi, but the reporters noticed the escape and set off in pursuit of the car. In order to get rid of them, the driver and head of security Henri Paul advanced at breakneck speed heading towards the tunnel at the place de l’Alma. At 00.23, the driver lost control of the car which collided with one of the pillars of the tunnel.

 
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