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The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The grave had become a place of pilgrimage and Mr Cole said that Mr Fayed had visited his son's grave most nights.
An application by Mr Fayed to build an elaborate burial chamber that will become the family's personal "pyramid" on his estate is to be considered by the planning committee of Tandridge District Council early next month.
The architect-designed walk-in vault covers an area metres square sunk one-and-a-half metres below ground. It will have four entrances with huge oak doors reinforced with wrought iron topped by an opaque dome. The leaded roof will surrounded with ornate wooden carvings and granite outer walls bearing inscriptions from the Koran.
Inside it will have cylindrical pillars from floor to ceiling and will contain eight burial chambers. The walls are to be lined with mosaic and oak pergolas planted with shrubs and vines. Mr Cole said yesterday that the structure would not be visible from any public highway, and would not be open to the public.
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