He hires Sydney Johnson as his own personal valet, with the proviso that Mr. This information changes Mohamed’s attitude toward Mr. (This allows The Crown to bring back Alex Johnson as the Duke of Windsor.) Dodi takes care of it but – and often Dodi serves as the vehicle to widen his father’s views – Dodi tells him that he liked Sydney Johnson a lot and that Sydney Johnson was the personal valet of the late Duke of Windsor, the man who was briefly King Edward VIII. He gives into prejudice and tells Dodi to fire the man, a Sydney Johnson. When he buys the Ritz, he holds an opening night and sees a black man serving the guests. We don’t see his wooing of his second wife, Heini, but the Finnish model he admires in a scene does become his second wife. When he first offers to buy the Ritz in Paris, he is initially rejected – and for good reason, as at that moment, he has no experience in the hotel business – but then he wins over those making the decision. The brother of the woman in the first scene says he’s nothing, but then Mohamed argues his way up and then makes a difference. Often he is dismissed initially, only to argue his way up afterwards. Repeatedly through this episode, we see Mohamed Al Fayed work to move up the rungs of society. (Apparently they divorce, but we don’t see that.) He is also trying to win the heart of an attractive young lady, who will become the mother of his first son, Dodi Al Fayed. There’s a football (soccer) match where he is selling Coca-Cola.

It opens in Egypt, when Mohamed Al Fayed was still a young man and desperate to make something of himself. Years later, he eagerly tries to integrate into British High Society.' With your help, I will become that rare thing, a British gentleman.”Įpisode description: 'In 1946, an Egyptian street vendor finds inspiration in the abdicated King Edward. British manners and customs rule the world. British society is the finest in the world. Mohamed Al Fayed: “Then, will you teach me?” His Royal Highness taught me everything, with great patience and kindness.” Mohamed Al Fayed: “And how did someone, forgive me, of your background know what the former King of England might need?”

Mou mou dodi