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Evening Standard
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Katie Strick and Tristan Kirk

Mohamed Al Fayed’s children at war over his billions — inside the bitter battle for their inheritance

The late Mohamed Al Fayed’s offspring are preparing for a battle over his fortune - (ES)

The death of a high-profile billionaire businessman, who is now the subject of a special investigation after scores of women came forward with allegations of rape and sexual assault. A vicious power struggle between his four adult children. Reports of drug-fuelled rows and physical altercations between the siblings and their other halves.

The details surrounding Mohamed Al Fayed’s four warring offspring might read like a storyline straight out of Succession. But the true story of the Fayed children, their upbringing and their eclectic set of spouses is far stranger than any HBO fiction.

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