Mohamed Al-Fayed gave Prince Philip the nickname 'The Assassin' after the crash that killed his son Dodi and Princess Diana, ex-security chief says By Ed Holt Published: 22:07 EDT, 27 October 2024 | Updated: 22:09 EDT, 27 October 2024 e-mail View comments Mohammed Al Fayed's former security chief has revealed that Al Fayed used to refer to Prince Philip as 'the Assassin' and was obsessed with outliving the late Duke of Edinburgh . Al Fayed's former security chief Andre Steele also claimed that the disgraced former owner of Harrods blamed 'dark forces' for the 1997 crash which claimed the lives of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. Mr Steele, who guarded Al Fayed from 2004 to 2008 said that Al Fayed believed that Diana and Dodi had been 'betrayed and ultimately killed by the royals .
' This is despite an inquest finding the pair were unlawfully killed in the Paris crash in part due to the 'gross negligence' of their driver who had been drinking. Speaking to The Sun, Mr Steele said: 'He particularly blamed Philip and would refer to him as an assassin or killer. He also called him "The German".
But he loved and spoke very highly of Queen Elizabeth II .' The disgraced former owner of Harrods Mohamed Al Fayed used to refer to Prince Philip as 'the Assassin' and was obsessed with outliving the late Duke of Edinburgh Al Fayed use to refer to Prince Philip as 'the German.' In what the ex-bodyguard refers to as a 'strange obsession,' the billionaire allegedly mentioned 'several times he.
