Is Al Fayed right in his accusations?

Question

Or is he a man who's trying to deflect the blame away from himself for engaging a drunk to drive his beloved son and friend to their deaths?

Answer 1

We'll never know. It is doubtful that what he claims is true, but...in this world, anything is possible. I accept that this was simply and accident involving drinking and driving.

Answer 2

According to the report that was publisghed yesterday the driver was not 'acting' drunk although he was over the legal driving limit but this does not mean he was smashed out of his head, and due to the alcohol in his system he was unable to react properly to what was happening around him.
I think Al Fayed is just a father who is grieving over the death of his son in a manner that will be very destructive to his sanity. I do not believe his conspiracy theories, I believe it was an unfortunate accident that could have been prevented had the princess and Dodi worn their seatbelts and hadn't been chased through the streets of Paris by those paps. I think the people that think otherwise and are still BANGING on about it need to move on with their lives; her sons have.

Answer 3

I don't think he's redirecting the blame, I think he is a father that is very upset and hurt by the senseless death of his son and is grasping for answers. I can't imagine how horrible it would be to lose a child so tragically. No matter how old Dodi may have been he was still Al Fayed's son. Especially in a case like this, he wants desperately to know what truly happened to that car and will not rest until he finds out. He's got to feel like he's doing something to make Dodi's death not so difficult. Placing blame and pointing fingers and the Royal Family, France, the US, the paparazzi makes him feel like he's doing something to avenge this tragedy. I personally don't think we'll ever know the truth but my heart goes out to both Al Fayed and William and Harry for losing the people they loved so much. If you're a parent and put yourself in Al Fayed's place right now I'm sure you would have more sympathy for him.

Answer 4

personally I think he his totally off the wall
In much the same vein as the paperrs went into overdrive after the death.. there were lots of suggestions and umours that Al Fayed wasnt that close to his son, upto about 2..3 months before dodi died.

I think there is an eleement fo grieving that he his unable to cope with, and lioke mnay people greiving he is seeking someone to blame. For all we know he may be right in his blame. Id ont knwo if the secuirty services bugged him, I dont know if she was pregnant or about to marry Al Fayed

however his claims are based on circumstantial 'evidence' third party, inadmissable (in the legal sense becuase it cannot be corroborated) and supposition or thking the worst.

what facts are known
what can be derived from what is though to have happened

Is it likely that spooks unknown caused the crash.. in France at the behest of British, or American secuirty services. If the spooks wanted to kill her I strongly suspect they woudl do it in the UK, where they could control all manner of elements, or perhapsmore likely in a far off distant land (by blowing up a plane, casuing death by other means.

the fact the death occurred in central Paris, the cause of the death seems to be excessive speed which would have been survivable had the various parties been wearing seat belts, and that there are doubts raised of the competance of the driver to drive lead me to believe that it was an accident. The guilty parties, if guilt needs to be ascribed include
the driver, and his employer (if it can be proved that anyone in the chain of management knew Henri Paul had medical problems).
the passengers for not wearing seat belts
the security guard/protection officer for not enforcing wearing seat belts
..then we move on to the more contenious areas:-
the paparazzi for creating the problem
the media for buying those images
and ultimately the public for bying those papers & magazines containing those images. And personally you cna inlcude me out on that, as I didnt buy newspapers or magazines becasue it had Diana on, she didnt interest me she did nothing that was of use or relevance in her short time on this world.

ultimately its the driver who is to blame.. he was in control, the securiy adviser may have some culpability.. but lets face it we dont know what his advice is or was. He may well have advised his customers to wear seat belts and they ignored that advice.. if so was it genuinely in his remit to force.. or does he take the view that he has advised a particular course of action but if the employer wants to do something else then they as resonsible adults are free to make that choice. Lets face it he wasnt a secuirty consultant able to dictate what security measures werr taken, ,and ensure those actiosn were done or the event wouldnt happen... he was an employee.

but the sad fact is that we will never know, and as long as Al Fayed has the millions tro lavish on lawyers, PR and others there will always be an element of mystery.. THe conspriacy theorists are always quick to see the equivalent of reds under the bed. If you are paranoid there may be reds under the bed, but its unlikely

Is Al fayed believable.. has he got a track record of hoensty and integrity. Bear in mind he other recent claim to fame ois that he was annoyed that having slipped Hamilton money he didnt get the naturalisiation he expected. He has arranged a highly beenficial tax regime whereby he pays very little cash to the revenue..its laughable hearing his advisers and puppets talk about the taxpayer... At the time of the Hamilton court case it was discovered that Al Fatyed operates a slush fund, and thought nothing of handing out thousands of pounds.
his main complaint against Hamilton, was not htat Hamilto was corrput it was that his paying Hamilton cash didnt get Al Fayed what he wanted.

Answer 5

Mohammed al Fayed has turned out to be the worst house guest in history. To think that he used to be invited to the palace for tea and now look where it's ended up.

If Mohammed al Fayed was so concerned about his son then why was he contributing to Dodi's cocaine fund?


In the good old days, he would have been run out of the country or had his head impaled on a spike.

Now we have the likes of Mick Jagger and Sir Elton prancing around with their knighthoods.

The British realm has certainly gone downhill but not because of the Royals; it's because there's no one left in the country that
wants to stand up for their heritage and once in awhile flip the bird to these billionaire foreign businessmen like al Fayed and his fat, bloated, drug-addled, long been dead son Dodi.


That is my theory which is all mine which I developed and, that is my theory.

Answer 6

He's trying to put the blame on other people when really deep deep down, he knows that if he had not intervened and changed the plans for the evening by calling an off-duty Henry Paul to go back to the Ritz and collect Dodi and Diana, they would be alive today. His staff know NEVER to say no to the boss. If in any doubt , you should really read Diana's bodyguard's account of what happened that night - Trevor Reese Jones. He is very low key understated and merely wants to put the whole episode to rest. Al Fayed is a lying crook, nothing more and nothing less.

Answer 7

Come on people, we are living in a real world. If it was your own flesh and blood (son) would you not be up in arms and wanted the truth of what happened that night ( I know I would.) You have to look at both sides of the coin and not just one. I am not sticking up for him in anyway at all, but it is only normal pratice that you would want the truth at the end of the day.

Answer 8

a parent will always want closure when it involves the death of a child - no matter what age - and the fact that he was not dealt with in the right manner will always cause some prejudice - personally I'm on his side

Answer 9

I believe the British government is covering the whole thing up. I don't think Charles could have married his mistress as long as Diana was still alive.

Any Brits out there who could tell us ?

Answer 10

He could be totally right in his accusations, but if he is will we ever get a true answer from the people who investigate for the answers. When they are paid and controlled by the ones he is accusing?