In 1985, the Egyptian Al-Fayed brothers won control of the House of Fraser in London and thus gained control of the department store Harrods.

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His efforts to prise Harrods store from another less-than-popular tycoon, Mohamed al-Fayed, gave entertainment to millions but in the financial establishment was seen as an unseemly public brawl.

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After one of the most bruising encounters ever seen in a libel court, Mr Carman's client, Mohamed al-Fayed, walked away happy while his adversary former MP Neil Hamilton was a crushed, and financially ruined, wreck.

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Next-door Fulham has belonged since 1997 to Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian owner of Harrods.

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Trevor Rees-Jones, the only survivor of the Paris car crash which killed Diana and Mr Al Fayed's son Dodi, said he wanted to "move forward with his life".

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Hodgson arrived at Fulham in late December after the sacking of Lawrie Sanchez, with chairman Mohamed Al Fayed ignoring the claims of younger candidates such as John Collins to plump for the widely-respected Englishman who is revered in Uefa coaching circles.

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