The Egyptian businessman felt scorned by Britain, but owned icons such as Harrods.
members such as Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, of being part of an anti-Diana cabal. Buckingham Palace described Mr. Fayed as unhinged — and turned from lovable rogue to a punch line in the eyes of many Britons.
A similar murkiness shrouded his early life. Despite his claims of hailing from powerful merchant stock, the more prosaic — but more accepted — version was that he grew up living within the means of his father’s teacher salary. By his early 20s, Mr. Fayed was striking out on his own, reportedly peddling Singer sewing machines and Coca-Cola.Around that time, he met the Saudi-born Adnan Khashoggi. Mr. Fayed struck up a romance with Khashoggi’s sister, leading to marriage in 1954.
By the mid-1960s, Mr. Fayed and his two younger brothers had relocated to England to oversee their growing conglomerate of oil, construction and shipping. Mr. Fayed was particularly desperate for acceptance in his new European life.In 1979, Mr. Fayed brought a fading Parisian gem, the Ritz, and led a major renovation. Not long after, he kicked in $3 million for “Chariots of Fire” , the true story of a group of British runners preparing for the 1924 Olympics.
He would not abandon Britain, though. He kept afloat the money-losing Punch magazine until 2002, and enjoyed cheers from Fulham fans when the team clawed back into England’s Premier League. The sale of Harrods, however, seemed to mark a turning point.
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