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LONDON (Reuters) -Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, his family said. Born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, al-Fayed began his career selling fizzy drinks and then worked as a sewing-machine salesman. Although al-Fayed owned establishment symbols such as Harrods, Fulham and the Ritz hotel in Paris...

>> i was just saying to myself, what -- what are they doing? like they cant possibly be anybody in the car at this point because clearly if there was, somebody would be helping. >> the fire chief and his team of paramedics arrive at the tunnel minutes after the crash. >> so the front of the car was in the opposite way of traffic. the front was vuery much smashe in. >> dodi and the driver are pronounced dead. the first responders work to save trevor rees-jones and diana. >> when i get close to he...

On occasion. dodi was agitated. it was starting to get to him. >> on saturday, august 30th, diana and dodi flee to paris. but the photographers follow. >> that drive from the airport was fast and furious. the car was swerving through the streets of paris. >> debbie gribble is traveling with the company and riding in the car behind them. >> there was so much tension. it of the like the whole situation was building up into something that was not going to be a good ending. >> later that night, dian...

>> shy, yes, and also immensely wealthy. surrounded by bodyguards, dodi can give diana everything she needs and wants. >> the fact that she was a divorced mother of two growing young men who was unable to offer them anything like the kind of holiday activities that their father could. so the attraction of a man and his family who had jets and limousines and all the trappings of royal life, i would think that played a pretty big part in it. >> friends say dodi also gives her unwavering love and l...

>> lord john stevens was commissioner of the metropolitan police. >> the allegation that was made by mr. ali fayed had conspired together to kill dodi al fayed and princess diana. that the french inquest that had taken place was flawed. >> so this was extraordinarily delicate. >> it was very delicate indeed. >> lord stevens team investigates all of al fayeds claims, that diana was pregnant, that diana and dodi were soon to be engaged, and that the royal family would not accept a muslim stepfathe...

Dimmeding. but do -- demanding. but dodi was willing to give up everything for her. he was there constantly. >> over the next six weeks, diana and dodi are practically inseparable. meeting up in london, paris, and back here on the riviera. >> they spent the day sunbathing, swimming, taking trips into little bays. >> the chief stewardess for the al fayeds -- >> they would have champagne and caviar most evenings. >> she said, well, watch out because ive met somebody else. >> was it an attempt to m...

Dodis apartment. >> i watched some of footage of diana on the cctv from the ritz hotel. i could tell from her body language, the way she was holding herself and actually her interaction with dodi, she wasnt happy. she knew something was wrong. >> they leave the hotel a little after midnight. the few photographers out back are immediately in sppursuit. >> diana and dodi and the driver are all not wearing seat belts. >> henri paul is now speeding through the streets of paris. trying to lose the ph...

And i think that after charles, that was the date. >> it wasnt the first time diana has had her heart broken. and days later, she is on the rebound on the french riviera. >> muhammad al fayed invited her to spend that summer at his villa in san tropez on his yacht. >> muhammad al fayed is a wealthy egyptian businessman who owns the iconic london department store herrods. >> he was in fact trying to arrange a meeting between his son and diana, and he did. >> and it turns out al fayeds son dodi an...

>> it was like the dream story. the most photographed woman in the world, a new lover. >> pierre sue is a professional photographer. >> i had heard stories about my colleagues flying on private jets, hiring speedboats, helicopters. any media outlet would give you anything you wanted because they couldnt get enough. >> what was the picture that everyone was looking for that summer? >> her kissing dodi. it was the picture of her kissing somebody who wasnt prince charles. >> diana allegedly tips of...