The Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, has been heavily criticised by Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed after comments he made over Diana, Princes of Wales.
|PIC1|The father of Diana's partner Dodi Fayed, who died at her side in a tragic car crash in Paris in 1997, condemned Bishop Chartres for making a plea for media and public wrangling over Diana to cease.
Al Fayed is an Egyptian tycoon billionaire, and owner of famous London department store Harrods in Knightsbridge, as well as Premier League football team Fulham FC.
"Let it end here," Bishop Chartres urged the congregation at last Friday's memorial service for Diana - to which Al Fayed was not invited - which marked 10 years since she died aged 36.
Following the Bishop's plea, Al Fayed labelled Chartres a "stuffed shirt", indicating that next month's inquest, which the Egyptian has played a major role in, will be a tense affair.
At the service Princes William, now 25, and Harry, 22, both spoke, with Harry paying a moving tribute to his mother.
Al Fayed reportedly responded: "Prince Harry had the grace to acknowledge the suffering of other families who lost someone that night.
"This stuffed shirt of a clergyman should take lessons from the 22-year-old prince in how to behave. He certainly shouldn't have hijacked a memorial service dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales, to let us know of his various personal opinions - for that's all they were."
He went on to condemn Bishop Chartres for asking those involved in the ongoing disputes to allow her memory to rest. He said: "He preached at us to let her memory rest, but how can that happen when the truth is still being covered up?"
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