Dodi Fayed

Dodi Fayed was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. Fayed was a student at Collège Saint Marc in Alexandria before attending the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. He also briefly attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After completing his education, he was an attaché at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in London. Through his family’s production company, Allied Stars, Fayed was an executive producer of the films Chariots of Fire, Breaking Glass, F,X, F,X2, Hook, and The Scarlet Letter, and an executive creative consultant for F,X: The Series. He also worked for his father on Harrods’ marketing. In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. They divorced eight months later. In 1997, Fayed reportedly became engaged to American model Kelly Fisher and bought a house in Malibu, California, for himself and Fisher, with money from his father. In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales, after entertaining her on his yacht Cujo. Fisher learned of Fayed’s relationship with Diana only after seeing paparazzi photos of the two embracing.