9/25/2023 0 Comments Moumou crownAnd the whole attitude toward rank and climbing in society seems absurd. It’s hard not to have some resentment for Queen Elizabeth, who should have been more gracious to the sponsor (although Mohamed and Princess Diana get along really well). Instead, she sends Diana (and we see Princess Diana get introduced to Dodi, a fatal encounter for Dodi). She does not, and even when he is the main sponsor at Ascot (after purchasing Harrods) she still does not sit with him, even though that’s the custom. Now, sending Fellowes makes perfect sense he’s more up to the task, but it seems that she should have invited Al Fayed to tea as thanks. The Queen does not come herself, but sends one of her men, Fellowes, to go through the contents. He buys the Duke’s villa in France and offers the contents to the Queen. On the day that Johnson learns of the death of the Duchess of Windsor, he is depressed, and Mohamed comforts him.Īl Fayed comforts him, but also recognizes an opportunity. We don’t really know what Sydney Johnson’s feelings were but we see that Al Fayed learns to value Johnson a lot, and treats him like a friend. We can assume that both Al Fayed and Sydney Johnson, as dark-skinned men, have encountered more than their fair share of racial prejudice. He is willing to humor the prejudices of the British only to ignore them the next day. We cannot help but notice the inconsistencies in Mohamed Al Fayed. Johnson is to train Mohamed in what it takes to be an English gentleman. 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?”
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