“Mohamed wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea,” wrote Piers Morgan on hearing of the death of the buccaneering businessman, aged 94, last week. “He was a flawed, complex character, but I liked him.” Indeed, Al-Fayed’s former PR man, Michael Cole, insists the country owes him a debt of gratitude for “exposing the rot” at the heart of government. For the Fayed family, the timing of his death – within days of the anniversary of the crash that killed his son and Princess Diana 26 years ago – was “kismet”, says The Sunday Telegraph. The event defined his life; his
