‘The Crown’ Season 5: Who was Sydney Johnson and how did he meet Mohamed al-Fayed?

The third episode of the fifth season on Netflix’s “The Crown” emphasizes the three persons who played their role in the monarchy’s fortunes in the past few decades. The episode’s main focus is the businessman from Egypt, Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was a former owner of the world-famous Harrods. The second important character on whom the focus lies is Dodi, his son. Dodi eventually becomes a Princess Diana lover boy and a famous car crash victim. The third person in focus is rather unfamiliar. Sydney Johnson served as a valet to the Duke of Windsor and then al-Fayed. Mou Mou started in 1946 in Alexandria, and a young al-Fayed was just Mohamed Fayed in his teens.

The first glimpse was enough

Lia Williams and Alex Jennings play the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. A young man, immaculately dressed, opens the car’s door and lets an older couple get out of the car. It’s the Royals. They briefly wave at the crows before going inside the consulate. Fayed is immediately mesmerized by the glamour he just witnessed. The rest of the episode focuses on Fayed adopting a new name Mohamed Al-Fayed and how he becomes filthy rich and attempts to make his way through the English royal society and aristocracy.

FAQs:

1. Who was Sydney Johnson?
   Sydney Johnson served as a valet to the Duke of Windsor and then al-Fayed.
2. How did Dodi die?
   Dodi famously died in a car crash.