I saw Mohamed Al Fayed several times when he owned Fulham football club. He was clearly adored by the home fans, and before every match he would do a circuit of the Craven Cottage pitch wearing a black and white Fulham scarf, milking the applause for all it was worth.
I was less impressed when my daughter Kat and I saw him leaving the stadium after a defeat by Manchester United. He was surrounded by a phalanx of security guards dressed in black suits and white shirts plus shades.
