Overview

• Between the late 1990s and mid-2000s, Al-Fayed covertly funded Egyptian secret service agents to secure information on the Paris accident
• He sought confirmation for his belief that MI5 and MI6 orchestrated the deaths, pressing agents to validate his long-held suspicions
• Sir John Stevens’s Operation Paget inquiry concluded the crash was an accident caused by driver Henri Paul’s intoxication and excessive speed
• More than 100 women have accused Al-Fayed of rape and sexual assault dating back to the 1970s, allegations that surfaced after his death in 2023
• Omar Fayed said his father amassed extensive investigative files on the crash that spanned continents and crossed multiple borders