{"id":25681,"date":"2022-11-11T13:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1734750"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:18:33","slug":"who-was-dodi-fayeds-girlfriend-and-who-plays-her-in-the-crown","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-was-dodi-fayeds-girlfriend-and-who-plays-her-in-the-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Dodi Fayed\u2019s girlfriend and who plays her in The Crown?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 11 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Alongside The Crown\u2019s main cast<\/a>, every season of the\u00a0royal drama<\/a> introduces a string of minor characters into the fold, all of whom influence the story to some degree.<\/p>\n

In season 5<\/a>, we meet Dodi Fayed\u2019s partner Kelly Fisher. Read on to find out how their relationship ended and who plays her in the Netflix<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

Who was Dodi Fayed\u2019s girlfriend Kelly Fisher?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kelly Fisher is an American model who was in a relationship with Dodi Fayed. At a 2007 inquest into the death of Princess Diana and Fayed (via the BBC<\/a>), she said that she had met him in the summer of 1996 and claimed the pair had arranged to marry on August 9th 1997 (via AP<\/a>), with Fayed giving her a $233,000 sapphire and diamond ring.<\/span><\/p>\n

But a spokesperson for the Fayed family denied that he had proposed to Fisher.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed and Salim Daw as Mohamed Al-Fayed in The Crown.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Photographs of Diana and Fayed kissing in St Tropez emerged in the middle of August 1997 (the pair tragically died on August 31st).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way she learned about the betrayal was from the kiss photo,\u201d said Fisher\u2019s attorney Gloria Allred.<\/p>\n

Following that, Fisher spoke to Fayed over the phone in what would be their final conversation. She recorded the exchange, which she was quizzed on at the inquest (via The Guardian<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you doing this to me?\u201d she asked him. \u201cIs it because it\u2019s Princess Diana? <\/span>Are we over?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He responded by telling her they would speak when he returned to LA.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fisher\u2019s attorney said that her client \u201cloved, trusted and believed in Mr Fayed\u201d, adding: \u201cIn return, he took her love and he gave every indication they they were going to get married and that he would fulfil all of his promises to her.\u00a0In the end, he betrayed her and has humiliated her in the eyes of her friends and her family and numerous others who were aware of the relationship.\u201d<\/p>

During that call, Fisher said Fayed informed her that they had broken up two months prior, despite the fact that she had joined him in St Tropez. She had initially stayed in Paris while Fayed had flown out there, but she joined him a few days later and was housed on a different yacht, according to Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just quite humiliating to sit here and try to prove to people that someone wanted to marry you, you know,\u201d she said at the inquest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her mother said at the time:\u00a0\u201cNo one\u2019s daughter deserves to be treated as my daughter was. Kelly loved him, trusted him and has been treated very cruelly by him. Dodi Fayed should be ashamed of his treatment of Kelly and he has not only hurt her but my whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fisher launched a lawsuit against Dodi for breach-of-contract. She said that he had offered her half a million dollars to help her \u201cshift her career\u201d so that the pair could spend more time together, but she only received $<\/span>60,000. A cheque for $200,000 bounced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fisher dropped legal action after his death.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Allred said (via AP<\/a>): \u201cOut of respect for the tragedy, and tremendous loss the Fayed family has suffered, [Fisher] has authorised me as her attorney, to dismiss her lawsuit against Mr Fayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough she does have the legal right to pursue the lawsuit against his estate after his death, she has voluntarily chosen not to exercise that right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She added: \u201cKelly loved Dodi very much, and she is devastated by his loss, and that of Princess Diana. Nothing is more important than the life of a human being. In the light of this enormous tragedy, Kelly forgives Dodi for all of his past injustices against her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fisher did not attend Fayed\u2019s funeral because \u201cit happened so fast that she was unable to get to London\u201d, said Allred.<\/p>\n

Who plays Kelly Fisher in The Crown season 5?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Erin Richards.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Kelly Fisher is played by Erin Richards. If you know her face, it\u2019s most likely from Fox superhero drama Gotham, which is set in the titular fictional city before Bruce Wayne transitions into Batman.<\/p>\n

She played Barbara Kean, James Gordon\u2019s fianc\u00e9e who becomes one of the series\u2019s villains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She also had a main role in 2012 Fox sitcom Breaking In, and more recently appeared in Sky Cinema\u2019s Save the Cinema alongside Johnathan Pryce, who plays Prince Philip in The Crown, and Samantha Morton.<\/p>