RICHARD KAY: I told Diana that Fayed was 'sleazy' and her own bodyguard said he was a 'villain'. So why did she accept his fateful invitation that terrible summer?
Daily MailWhenever Princess Diana dropped into Harrods, typically via its most discreet entrance – Door 11 – she would check her wristwatch. As more women came forward this week with accounts of shocking allegations – 200 to date – it brought back another uncomfortable truth: that Princess Diana was as much a victim of Fayed's depravity as the girls he assaulted, raped and trafficked. Diana and Fayed onboard the disgraced businessman's yacht during the summer of 1997 That article appeared in 1995, two years before the princess accepted Fayed's invitation to spend the summer, with William and Harry, at his beachside home in St Tropez. The Princess presented some of the prizes along with Harrods owner Fayed So when in early June that year Diana casually mentioned to friends that she had accepted an invitation for a summer holiday at the home of the foul-mouthed Fayed, many were horrified. One close friend told her all Fayed's properties were wired for audio and video and that he eavesdropped – and worse – on his guests.
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