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actor Amir El-Masry will play a younger version of Egyptian businessmanÌý in the hit Netflix series The Crown, entertainment website Variety reported on Wednesday.

The Egyptian tycoon - former owner of the luxury British department store Harrods - is the father of the lateÌýDodi Al-Fayed, who was famously in a romantic relationship withÌý when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

The Crown centres on throughout several periods of her reign.

The highly popular series has drawn critical acclaim for its cast'sÌýperformances and its costume design, but has received some backlash for featuring 'anti-monarchist' themes. Nevertheless, it is still one of the streaming service's most popular series.

El-Masry, who wasÌýborn in Cairo and raised in London appeared in the 2016 mini-series The Night Manager, playingÌýa hotel chef opposite acclaimed British actors Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie.

The 31-year-old received critical acclaim and won a Scottish BAFTA for playing Omar, a living on a small Scottish island, in the film Limbo.

Fans of The CrownÌýare expected to get a detailedÌýback story of the Egyptian businessman, now 93, who in 2008 famously accusedÌýQueen Elizabeth's husband of ordering British security services to murder Princess Diana to prevent her marrying a Muslim man and having his baby.

Mohamed's son Dodi will be played by fellow British-Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla, while Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki will take on the role of the Princess of Wales. Palestinian actor Salim Dow will star as the older version of Al-Fayed.

The Crown’s fifth season is expected to be available on Netflix in November this year.