00:00 Mohammed Al-Fayed, who formerly owned Harrods department store and whose son was killed
00:06 alongside Princess Diana in a 1997 car crash, has died at the age of 94 on Wednesday.
00:14 Around but never fully accepted by the British establishment, Al-Fayed was known as a flamboyant
00:19 and wildly outspoken tycoon.
00:21 Born in Egypt, he built his family's fortune in real estate, shipping and construction.
00:26 He moved to Britain in the 1970s and in 1985 sparked one of the country's most bitter business
00:32 feuds trying to take over Harrods.
00:35 After a quarter of a century of ownership, he sold the department store to Qatar's sovereign
00:39 wealth fund.
00:40 Al-Fayed had also owned other establishment symbols such as Fulham FC and the Ritz Hotel
00:45 in Paris.
00:46 Al-Fayed would later become obsessed by the belief that Princess Diana's death was orchestrated
00:51 by the royal family, a conspiracy theory that was unsupported by any evidence.
00:57 His own son Dodi, who was dating Diana at the time, died alongside the royal when their
01:00 car crashed in Paris as they tried to outrun paparazzi.
01:05 Al-Fayed would finally give up legal attempts to show they were murdered when a jury said
01:09 the couple were unlawfully killed by their chauffeur's driving.
01:12 "I'm sorry.
01:13 I'm sorry.
01:14 I'm sorry."
01:14 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.
01:15 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.
01:15 Al-Fayed was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of his wife, Princess Diana.
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