Why Mohamed al-Fayed could never buy what he craved most – the love of the Royal family
He went from street trader to Harrods tycoon, but the 'Phoney Pharaoh' was rejected by the elite and haunted by the death of Diana and Dodi
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He went from street trader to Harrods tycoon, but the 'Phoney Pharaoh' was rejected by the elite and haunted by the death of Diana and Dodi
The queen's priority may have been to protect Prince William and Prince Harry, but she never misread the public temperature more than in the wake of Princess Diana's shocking death in 1997.
The Princess Royal was said to have been in a relationship with Andrew Parker-Bowles before she married Captain Mark Phillips and the pair are still close friends now
When Kate Middleton married Prince William, the late Queen gave them a very generous wedding gift - the country mansion of Anmer Hall but according to a royal author, she wasn't too keen on one aspect of its renovation, which was overseen by Kate
When King Charles and Princess Diana wed on July 29, 1981, 750 million viewers watched. But it seems even more tuned in to observe their agonizing road to separation and divorce in the 1990s.