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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know—does the series’s portrayal of Dodi’s father as having been scheming for access to the royal family over decades actually hold any water? Fascinating if true. (and even if not).

I liked how this season presents a perfectly logical explanation for the gap that has always existed between Mohammed al-Fayed’s portrayal of the relationship (with the display case at Harrod’s, etc) and reality—his kid was just too much of a wuss to tell him the truth about the proposal.

Also fascinating if true (and even if not)![/quote]
It holds an ocean of water. Mohamed Al Fayed was desperate to get British citizenship and was twice refused. He went around falsely claiming that Diana was pregnant by Dodi when she died and then went bonkers and accused Prince Phillip of masterminding her death because they couldn’t have her marrying a Muslim. The BRF responded by revoking Harrods’ royal warrants.[/quote]

I agree with you both! I do think the show does a good job of presenting both families in the most favorable light. Which, it must be said, is still not that favorable. Mohamed Al Fayed likely did befriend Diana and introduce her to his son with some designs of that relationship benefitting him personally (and professionally). We have no idea if he actually pressured Dodi as much as is shown on the show, but given the broken engagement with Kelly Fisher and the degree to which Dodi and Mohamed appeared to be "wooing" Diana, it's certainly within the realm of possibility. Providing some back story on MAF also helps to make these choices feel, if not sympathetic, then more understandable. He wanted acceptance and legitimacy in Western society. He is not the first, nor is he the first to go about it via business and personal relationships. It is a tragic story for the Al Fayed family too, and I'm glad the show took the time to develop Dodi's character in a sympathetic way and show their story as well. It may not be "true" (nothing in this show is really "true" in that way -- it's all a dramatic interpretation featuring conversations and relationships that the creators can never actually know the truth of) but I did find it enlightening anyway.

Also, Price Phillip was a deeply racist person so even though there's now way he "masterminded" Diana's and Dodi's death, there is a kernel of truth to Mohamed's accusation because, indeed, Phillip likely would have been extremely displeased if Diana had tried to marry a Muslim and raise the boys in a partially Muslim home.[/quote]

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