mohammed al fayed, once the proud owner of harrods, the world s most famous department store who yearned to be part of the british establishment. born in egypt, he married the sister of billionaire arms dealer adnan khashoggi and built a business empire. he bought the ritz hotel in paris and defeated the monroe group in the battle to buy harrods. chief executive tiny rowland demanded an inquiry which found mohamed al fayed had exaggerated his wealth and background. successive governments refused him british citizenship. do you think this is fair from the home secretary to behave the way with someone like me who have given employment to thousands of people, having four british kids? just it shows what type of people, you know, infiltrate in the political life and give us such a deal. revenge was swift. two conservative ministers, neil hamilton and tim smith, left the government accused of taking cash to ask questions in the commons. anotherjonathan aiken, resigned after mohame
run up to 1997, we had to wait and wait until run up to 1997, we had to wait and wait. untilthe run up to 1997, we had to wait and wait. until the last minute. and it -ot wait. until the last minute. and it got worse wait. until the last minute. and it got worse and worse. he wanted to go at a moment got worse and worse. he wanted to go at a moment of his own choice. | at a moment of his own choice. think the at a moment of his own choice. i think the autumn as well. thank| at a moment of his own choice. i - think the autumn as well. thank you so much for think the autumn as well. thank you so much for coming think the autumn as well. thank you so much for coming on. so let s take a look at some of the front pages. the times, the independent and the mirror. when well this school crisis and come ask parents. more schools expected to close next week because of the dangers worse but dangerous concrete. that story looking to dominate. the independent leading on the sa
entered the tunnel? prince harry was going to make sure that history was not repeated, basically saying back off, you re hounding her like you hounded my mother. she was betrayed by so many people. we only know half the story. it was getting late in the city of lights, that last saturday in august, 1997. but sidewalks cafes in paris were still bustling. the mulan rouge was aglow. riverboats along the seine were teaming with for us, and the paparazzi was out in full force because a special visitor was in town, in fact, the most famous women in the world, princess diana. for years, cameras had tailed her like sharks follow blood. and now, on this late, august night, the hunt was still on. as diana and her new lover, dodi al fayed sped away from the paparazzi, who were in hot pursuit. suddenly, the driver made an unexpected turn, into that tunnel, the pont de l ama tunnel. tunnel. breaking news coverage. [inaudible] pursued by paparazzi. indeed, princess diana
for the entire royal family, but for harry and david harry and meghan in general in being targets of the paparazzi more so since the coronation? no. just to the point that you were talking about just there. i am told that the pictures were taken from security a long along with other evidence with the whole time line and the circumstances that they ve been talking about and they re very confident about what they ve got and what happened here. in terms of the threat, i mean, the paparazzi is just pictures and story. they are still a huge part of the royal story and they ve got their own story that they developed in the u.s., as well. people just want pictures and they lead this very private life. they do tell us when there was a big event like there was last night and the paparazzi do not get the permission to be in the places that we do and they get additional pictures and that s where it all bleeds through. the one security threat that has emerged since he left was in h
and the world remember the queen. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room as cnn s special live coverage continues. we begin with charles iii s debut as king. the new monarch facing a moment he acknowledges he s been dreading, the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. cnn s bianca nobilo is outside st. paul s cathedral where a service for the queen was held today. bianca, this has been a very, very emotional day for the british people and their new king. it has, wolf. i ve been speaking to those who attended this service. 2,000 members of the public, first come, first serve were given wristbands this morning, and they were coming from all over the world. these were people from australia, cuba, italy that i spoke to. they were going past the tourism office where they were giving out tickets to this remembrance service and service of thanksgiving. and they just happened to be in the right place and the rig