Comments on: The Murder of Ali Fahmy At The Savoy Hotel http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/ A blog about 20th Century London Sun, 21 Aug 2022 20:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul Redfern http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-1965775 Paul Redfern Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:44:31 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-1965775 Just watched a fascinating follow-up on this from Andrew Rose on Yesterday (UKTV Play) “The Prince, The Princess & The Perfect Murder” (also available as a book). Turns out ‘The Prince’ in the title is none other than the then Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII.
Marshall Hall was able to take the line of (attack is the best form of) defence that he did because the judge directed that all that the jury would be allowed to know about Marguerite Meller was that she had been married once before and that she had a daughter, nothing about her years as a courtesan.
“How [could] the judge allow so much irrelevant evidence while denying so much ‘evidence in response’ from the prosecution?” asked Philip Lillingston (above). The plot-thickening discovery in Rose’s later book, is that as well as having a gun that fired magic bullets, she’d very sensibly hung onto a considerable bundle of billets-doux from the Prince of Wales, souvenirs from the two years spent as his mistress in Paris during WW1. You can draw the dots yourself.

]]> By: Jaz T http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-1435901 Jaz T Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:08:10 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-1435901 Ali Fahmy was only 23, if that, his life was taken, I feel for him. Marshall Hall morphed into a bigot in this case. I admired him until I read how he defended Bella, Munira, Maggie Meller, Princess Fahmey Bey aka Salop, slag whore, prostitute.

]]> By: Rob R http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-875459 Rob R Fri, 02 May 2014 11:52:45 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-875459 Contemporary cuttings completely rebut the assertions at the end of this piece regarding her attempt to inherit via a feigned pregnancy. The cuttings detail the complete opposite. Why not DO THE RESEARCH rather than recycle and rehash any old supposition. Numpty!

]]> By: Vicky Loebel http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-714163 Vicky Loebel Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:50:33 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-714163 Just found your blog via pinterest. Thanks for sharing this great story.

]]> By: Burt http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-668104 Burt Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:14:54 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-668104 Aleister Crowley’s Magical Diary brought me here. Interesting, thank you.

]]> By: wael http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-482181 wael Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:21:49 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-482181 http://wbaseem.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/king-tut-curse-revealed-اكتشاف-سر-لعنه-توت-عنخ-امون/

The fortune she wasn’t after, she was ordered to kill him because of his earlier discovery of king Tut’s tomb, and to silence him for ever, she may not knew that too, however for sure she was used . More over The judge knew and he was obligated to set her free as a national duty or maybe was threaten ! this is only one little piece of the greater good ?

]]> By: wael http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-467749 wael Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:46 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-467749 The fortune she wasn’t after, she was ordered to kill him because of his earlier discovery of king Tut’s tomb, and to silence him for ever, she may not knew that too, however for sure she was used . More over The judge knew and he was obligated to set her free as a national duty or maybe was threaten ! this is only one little piece of the greater good ?

]]> By: Nosheen Iqbal http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Nosheen Iqbal Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-1981 Hi, Can somebody tell me if there is a film about this story?

Thanks

]]> By: Philip Lillingston http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Philip Lillingston Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:08:49 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-318 A very enjoyable and informative read. I first heard about the case in “The Murderers’ Who’s Who” which happened to leave out everything about Marguerite’s probable guilt. Unbelievable how the judge could allow so much irrelevant evidence while denying so much ‘evidence in response’ from the prosecution. I’ve always thought ALL evidence should be allowed in a trial and then let the jury sort out what is and is not relevant.
Well done.

]]> By: ALEX CLARKE http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-142 ALEX CLARKE Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/11/the-murder-of-ali-fahmy-at-the-savoy-hotel.html#comment-142 Great retelling of one of the most notorious cases of the Twenties, beautifully evoked. Marshall Hall’s stirringly dramatic defence was very different – but equally sucessful – to the approach of Sir Patrick Hastings KC in the Mrs. Barney Murder Case of around the same time.

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