Editing Dodi Fayed (section)

==Early life and education==
Fayed was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, the eldest child of [[Mohamed Al-Fayed|Mohamed Al Fayed]] (1929–2023). His father later became the owner of [[Harrods]] department store, [[Fulham Football Club]], and the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]].<ref name=per11jan>{{cite news|last=Peretti|first=Jacques|title=Death of a playboy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/11/dodi-fayed|access-date=26 May 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 January 2009|location=London|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110101513/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/11/dodi-fayed|url-status=live}}</ref> Fayed's mother [[Samira Khashoggi]] (1935–1986),<ref name="Bradford" /> was a Saudi author.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kessler |first=Ronald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Iw2DwAAQBAJ |title=The Richest Man in the World: The Story of Adnan Khashoggi |date=2017-10-31 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |isbn=978-1-5387-6254-7 |language=en}}</ref> She was a daughter of [[Muhammad Khashoggi]] and sister of Saudi billionaire arms dealer [[Adnan Khashoggi]]. She and her brother were [[first cousin]]s of the late ''[[Washington Post]]'' Saudi journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]], who [[Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi|was assassinated]] in the Saudi Arabian consulate in [[Istanbul]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heimbrod |first=Camille |date=20 October 2018 |title=Princess Diana's 'Secret' Connection To Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Revealed |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/princess-dianas-secret-connection-missing-saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-revealed-2726335 |website=International Business Times |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106033325/https://www.ibtimes.com/princess-dianas-secret-connection-missing-saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-revealed-2726335 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Fayed had four half siblings from his father's second marriage to [[Heini Wathén]]: Omar, Camilla, Karim, and Jasmine Fayed.<ref name="Bradford">{{citation|last=Bradford|first=Sarah|year=2007|title=Diana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_h8dtlhkVwC&pg=PR12|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-190673-7|quote=Fayed had risen from his lowly beginnings through his connection with the Kashoggi family, Saudis of Turkish descent, who owed their position to their connection with the rulers of Saudi Arabia. In 1954 he married Samira, the 16-year-old sister of Adnan Kashoggi, his contemporary, son of the head of the family, Dr Mohamed Kashoggi. Their son, Emad, always known as 'Dodi', had been born in 1955...|access-date=13 February 2021|archive-date=5 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005030824/https://books.google.com/books?id=z_h8dtlhkVwC&pg=PR12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hub25aug>{{cite journal|last=Hubbard|first=Kim|title=Howdy, Dodi!|journal=People|date=25 August 1997|volume=48|issue=8|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122985,00.html|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061844/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20122985,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fayed was a student at [[Collège Saint Marc]] in Alexandria before attending the [[Institut Le Rosey]] in [[Rolle]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dodi Fayed: Biography|date=14 November 2023|url=http://www.biography.com/people/dodi-fayed-240977|publisher=biography.com|access-date=10 November 2013|archive-date=4 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204142428/https://www.biography.com/people/dodi-fayed-240977|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=augusta>{{cite web|title=Fayed saw himself as an Onassis|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/09/04/ent_214126.shtml|publisher=augusta.com|date=4 September 1997|access-date=10 November 2013|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110013148/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/09/04/ent_214126.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also briefly attended the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref name=per11jan /> 

After completing his education, he worked as an [[attaché]] at the [[United Arab Emirates]] Embassy in London.<ref name=augusta />