Editing Dodi Fayed

{{Short description|Egyptian film producer (1955–1997)}}
{{Redirect|Dodi Al Fayed|the Indonesian footballer|Dody Alfayed}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Dodi Fayed
| native_name        = {{nobold|دودى الفايد}}
| native_name_lang   = ar
| image              = DodiAl-Fayed.jpg
| birth_name         = Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed<br />{{lang|ar|عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1955|04|15|df=yes}}{{efn|name=dob|Most sources state that Fayed was born on 15 April 1955.<ref>{{BNF|13182078t}}.</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Vallance|date=2 September 1997|title=Obituary: Dodi Fayed|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dodi-fayed-1237096.html|website=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821193241/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dodi-fayed-1237096.html|archive-date=21 August 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Kate|last=Snell|author-link=Kate Snell|year=2000|title=Diana: Her Last Love|url=https://archive.org/details/dianaherlastlove0000snel_y0u6/page/178/mode/2up|location=London|publisher=Granada Media|page=179|isbn=0-233-99887-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sally|last=Bedell Smith|author-link=Sally Bedell Smith|date=24 May 2011|title=Dodi's Life in the Fast Lane|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1997/12/dodi-fayed-199712|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220927193043/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1997/12/dodi-fayed-199712|archive-date=27 September 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kelsie|last=Gibson|date=9 November 2022|title=All About Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana's Love Interest at the Time of Their Deaths|url=https://people.com/royals/who-is-dodi-fayed-princess-diana/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109144814/https://people.com/royals/who-is-dodi-fayed-princess-diana/|archive-date=9 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> This is the date that appears on his gravestone.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photograph of Fayed's gravestone|url=https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2021/250/3050_8a80b044-8d55-4f42-8826-31be97622298.jpeg?v=1700324924|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127094339/https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2021/250/3050_8a80b044-8d55-4f42-8826-31be97622298.jpeg?v=1700324924|archive-date=27 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> However, since 2022, some sources have stated that he was born on 17 April.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Peikert|date=13 November 2022|title=Dodi Fayed's Adventures in Hollywood|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a41819571/dodi-fayed-movie-producer-chariots-of-fire-the-crown/|website=[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113173549/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a41819571/dodi-fayed-movie-producer-chariots-of-fire-the-crown/|archive-date=13 November 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Crawford-Smith|date=14 November 2022|title=Who is Dodi Fayed—Princess Diana, 'Chariots of Fire', Kelly and 'The Crown'|url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-dodi-fayed-princess-diana-chariots-fire-kelly-fisher-crown-1759215|website=[[Newsweek]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114180332/https://www.newsweek.com/who-dodi-fayed-princess-diana-chariots-fire-kelly-fisher-crown-1759215|archive-date=14 November 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Millie|last=Payne|date=15 November 2022|title=The Crown: Who Is Dodi Fayed?|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/the-crown-who-is-dodi-fayed/|website=[[Grazia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115172347/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/the-crown-who-is-dodi-fayed/|archive-date=15 November 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Rochelle|last=Barrand|date=2 September 2023|title=Dodi Fayed: who was Princess Diana's partner, were they engaged and how much was Mohamed Al Fayed's son worth?|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dodi-fayed-princess-diana-partner-102026193.html|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123175446/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dodi-fayed-princess-diana-partner-102026193.html|archive-date=23 November 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| birth_place        = [[Alexandria]], [[Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)|Egypt]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1997|08|31|1955|04|15|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Paris]], France
| death_cause        = [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Car crash]]
| burial_place       = [[Barrow Green Court]]
| nationality        = <!-- DO NOT INCLUDE NATIONALITY PER WP:INFONAT -->
| occupation         = Film producer
| education          = {{ubl|[[Collège Saint Marc]]|[[Institut Le Rosey]]|[[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]}}
| known_for          = Romantic relationship with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Suzanne Gregard|1986|1987|end=div}}
| parents            = {{ubl|[[Mohamed Al-Fayed]]|[[Samira Khashoggi]]}}
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Omar Fayed|Omar Al-Fayed]] (half-brother)|[[Jamal Khashoggi]] (cousin)|[[Heini Wathén]] (stepmother)}}
}}
'''Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed'''{{efn|{{langx|ar|عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد|ʿImād ed-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd el-Munʿim el-Fāyid}}. {{IPA|arz|ʕeˈmæːd ɪdˈdiːn mæˈħæmmæd ʕæbdelˈmenʕem elˈfæːjed|pron-lang}}.}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|aɪ|.|ɛ|d}}; 15 April 1955{{efn|name=dob}}{{snd}}31 August 1997), commonly known as '''Dodi Fayed''',{{efn|{{langx|ar|دودى الفايد}}. {{IPA|arz|ˈduːdi elˈfæːjed|pron-lang}}.}} 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 [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|died in a car crash in Paris]] on 31 August 1997.

==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 />

==Film production==
Through his family's production company, [[Allied Stars]], Fayed was an executive producer of the films ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', ''[[Breaking Glass (film)|Breaking Glass]]'', ''[[F/X]]'', ''[[F/X2]]'', ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'', and ''[[The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)|The Scarlet Letter]],'' and an executive creative consultant for ''[[F/X: The Series]]''. He also worked for his father on marketing for Harrods.<ref name=independent/>

==Personal life==
In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. They divorced eight months later. According to her memoir, ''Babylon Confidential'', [[Claudia Christian]] had an on-again, off-again romance with Fayed.<ref name="Claudia Christian, Morgan Grant Buchanan">{{cite book |author=Claudia Christian, Morgan Grant Buchanan |title=Babylon Confidential: A Memoir of Love, Sex, and Addiction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIQ4RW0KpS8C&pg=PT91 |year=2012 |publisher=BenBella Books, Inc. |isbn=978-1-937856-07-6 |page=91 |access-date=3 April 2023 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920003930/https://books.google.com/books?id=tIQ4RW0KpS8C&pg=PT91 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1997, Fayed reportedly became engaged to American model [[Kelly Fisher (model)|Kelly Fisher]]. With money from his father, he bought a house in [[Malibu, California]], for Fisher and himself.<ref name="vanfair">{{cite web |first=Dominick |last=Dunne |author-link=Dominick Dunne |date=19 May 2010 |title=Two Ladies, Two Yachts, and a Billionaire |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805 |access-date=11 October 2013 |newspaper=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |location=New York |archive-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013012757/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], after entertaining her on his yacht ''Cujo''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yacht that Princess Diana spent last summer on with Dodi Al-Fayed sinks to bottom of Mediterranean |url=https://news.sky.com/story/yacht-that-princess-diana-spent-last-summer-on-with-dodi-al-fayed-sinks-to-bottom-of-mediterranean-12933100 |work=Sky News |date=3 August 2023 |access-date=4 August 2023 |archive-date=4 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804031527/https://news.sky.com/story/yacht-that-princess-diana-spent-last-summer-on-with-dodi-al-fayed-sinks-to-bottom-of-mediterranean-12933100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = HighBeam4>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8THAH1O1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030328/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8THAH1O1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|title=Diana's Darling Dodi letters are read |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=14 December 2007 |access-date=11 October 2013|via= [[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref> Fisher learned of Fayed's relationship with Diana only after seeing [[paparazzi]] photos of the two embracing. Fisher announced that she was filing a breach of contract suit against him, saying he had "led her emotionally all the way up to the altar and abandoned her when they were almost there," and that he "threw her love away in a callous way with no regard for her whatsoever".<ref name="fayed-jilted">{{Cite news |date=15 August 1997 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/model-claims-fayed-jilted-her-for-diana-1245451.html |title=Model claims Fayed jilted her for Diana |first=Kate |last=Watson-Smyth |work=The Independent |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426181158/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/model-claims-fayed-jilted-her-for-diana-1245451.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Fayed denied that he was ever engaged to Fisher.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-11-16 |title=What to Know About Dodi Fayed's Ex-Fiancée Kelly Fisher |url=https://time.com/6336052/kelly-fisher-dodi-fayed-fiancee-the-crown-season-6/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |magazine=TIME |language=en |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120211519/https://time.com/6336052/kelly-fisher-dodi-fayed-fiancee-the-crown-season-6/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fisher dropped the lawsuit shortly after Fayed's death.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-KELLY-FISHER-DROPS-LAWSUIT-AGAINST-DODI-UPDATE/79b153d4f20210ad69548676309c9c2b | title=Kelly Fisher Drops Lawsuit Against Dodi | date=1 September 1997 | publisher=Associated Press | access-date=30 December 2016 | archive-date=10 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410052953/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-KELLY-FISHER-DROPS-LAWSUIT-AGAINST-DODI-UPDATE/79b153d4f20210ad69548676309c9c2b | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Death==
{{Main|Death of Diana, Princess of Wales}}
[[File:112407-Harrods-DiannaDodiMemorial1.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Innocent Victims]]'', one of two memorials in [[Harrods]]]]

In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana and Fayed [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|died in a car crash]] in the [[Pont de l'Alma]] underpass in Paris. They had stopped in Paris en route to London after spending nine days on holiday in the [[French Riviera|French]] and [[Italian Riviera]]s aboard his family's yacht, the ''Jonikal''. Neither Fayed nor Diana was wearing a [[seat belt]] at the time of the crash.<ref name="express">{{cite web |last1=Read |first1=Carly |title=Diana shock claim: Princess would be alive if she had worn seatbelt – pathologist |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1021259/princess-diana-news-pathologist-richard-shepherd-paris-crash-1997-dodi-fayad-royal-wedding |website=Daily Express |date=22 September 2018 |publisher=Express Newspapers |access-date=18 July 2020 |ref=express |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718170203/https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1021259/princess-diana-news-pathologist-richard-shepherd-paris-crash-1997-dodi-fayad-royal-wedding |url-status=live }}</ref> The only survivor of the crash was bodyguard [[Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard)|Trevor Rees-Jones]].

Investigations by French and British police concluded that the [[chauffeur]], [[Henri Paul]], was [[driving under the influence]] of alcohol and prescription drugs. They also reported that [[paparazzi]] chasing the couple were believed to have contributed to the accident.<ref>Paul Webster and Stuart Millar [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/sep/04/monarchy.paulwebster "Diana verdict sparks Fayed appeal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135823/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/sep/04/monarchy.paulwebster |date=12 June 2018 }}, ''The Guardian'', 4 September 1999</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Diana jury blames paparazzi and Henri Paul for her 'unlawful killing' | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584160/Diana-jury-blames-paparazzi-and-Henri-Paul-for-her-unlawful-killing.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584160/Diana-jury-blames-paparazzi-and-Henri-Paul-for-her-unlawful-killing.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=12 October 2013 | work=Daily Telegraph | date=7 April 2008 | location=London | first=Gordon | last=Rayner}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 

Fayed's father, [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]], said that the couple "were executed by [[MI6]] agents".<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article3033375.ece ''Mohamed al-Fayed: The outsider''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221135615/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article3033375.ece |date=21 December 2007| work=The Independent, 6 October 2007}}</ref> Fayed's former spokesman, [[Michael Cole (public relations)|Michael Cole]], has said that the couple became engaged before their deaths.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7182228.stm Diana and Dodi 'were engaged'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904010042/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7182228.stm |date=4 September 2017 }} BBC</ref>

Fayed was originally buried in [[Brookwood Cemetery]] near [[Woking]], Surrey, but was re-interred in October 1997 on the grounds of [[Barrow Green Court]], the family estate in [[Oxted]], Surrey.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moyes|first1=Jojo|title=Dodi Fayed's remains re-buried in secret|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dodi-fayeds-remains-re-buried-in-secret-1236261.html%3Famp|website=The Independent|publisher=independent.co.uk|access-date=27 June 2017|date=16 October 1997|archive-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182659/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dodi-fayeds-remains-re-buried-in-secret-1236261.html?amp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kieran|last=Kelly|date=2 September 2023|title=Mohamed Al-Fayed buried next to son on family estate almost 26 years after Dodi died in car crash with Princess Diana|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mohamed-al-fayed-buried-next-son-family-estate/|website=[[LBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902130523/https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mohamed-al-fayed-buried-next-son-family-estate/|archive-date=2 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:112407-Harrods-DiannaDodiMemorial2.jpg|thumb|Memorial to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and Dodi Fayed in Harrods]]

Fayed's father erected two memorials to his son and Diana at [[Harrods]]. The first, unveiled on 12 April 1998, consists of photos of them behind a pyramid-shaped display containing a wine glass smudged with lipstick from Diana's final dinner, and the ring Fayed had purchased for her the day before they died.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/diana.inquest.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview |title=Jeweler: Diana, Dodi picked engagement ring – CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219171148/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/10/diana.inquest.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview |archive-date=19 February 2008 }}</ref> The second, unveiled in 2005 and titled ''[[Innocent Victims]]'', is a {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} high bronze statue of the two dancing on a beach, beneath the wings of an [[albatross]], a symbol of freedom and eternity.<ref name=CNN090105>[http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/01/diana.dodi.statue/index.html Harrods unveils Diana, Dodi statue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031720/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/01/diana.dodi.statue/index.html |date=4 March 2016 }}, CNN, 1 September 2005.</ref>

The memorials were designed by [[William Mitchell (sculptor)|Bill Mitchell]], a close friend of Fayed's father who had worked for the Fayed family for more than 40 years, including as a designer at Harrods.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/161556.stm Princes lead Diana remembrance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815111943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/161556.stm |date=15 August 2017 }} BBC</ref> Fayed's father sold Harrods in 2010.

In January 2018, the manager of Harrods announced that the statue would be returned to the Al-Fayed family. He noted that Diana's sons William and Harry had commissioned a memorial to be installed at Kensington Palace, which the public could visit.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/tacky-statue-of-diana-and-dodi-fayed-to-be-removed-from-harrods|title='Tacky' statue of Diana and Dodi Fayed to be removed from Harrods|first=Chris|last=Johnston|date=13 January 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113231513/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/tacky-statue-of-diana-and-dodi-fayed-to-be-removed-from-harrods|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Representation in other media==
*In the 2013 film [[Diana (2013 film)|''Diana'']], Fayed was portrayed by [[Cas Anvar]]. 
*Episodes of [[The Crown (season 5)|seasons 5]] and [[The Crown (season 6)|6]] of ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' referred to him, and he was portrayed by [[Khalid Abdalla]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/khalid-abdalla-dodi-the-crown-newsupdate/ |title=Who is Khalid Abdalla? Meet Dodi Fayed actor in The Crown |last=Hibbs |first=James |website=Radio Times |date=16 November 2023 |access-date=18 November 2023 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117202925/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/khalid-abdalla-dodi-the-crown-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, Abdalla received a [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Critics' Choice Television Award nomination]] for his performance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TELEVISION NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 29TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS – Critics Choice Awards |url=https://www.criticschoice.com/2023/12/05/tv-nominees-for-the-29th-annual-critics-choice-awards/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en-US |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112003756/https://www.criticschoice.com/2023/12/05/tv-nominees-for-the-29th-annual-critics-choice-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Operation Paget]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0269689}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Egyptian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Alumni of Institut Le Rosey]]
[[Category:Collège Saint Marc, Alexandria alumni]]
[[Category:Diana, Princess of Wales]]
[[Category:Egyptian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Diplomats for the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Egyptian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:Egyptian film producers]]
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[[Category:El Fayed family]]
[[Category:English people of Egyptian descent]]
[[Category:English people of Syrian descent]]
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[[Category:Harrods]]
[[Category:Khashoggi family]]
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[[Category:People from Alexandria]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in France]]