Mohamed Al Fayed, the father of Dodi Fayed who was killed with Princess Diana in an automobile crash in Paris in 1997, is being treated for an unspecified illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said early today.

"Mr. Mohamed Al Fayed is either being treated as an in-patient or an out-patient at the hospital, but I'm not certain of which," said spokeswoman Elaine Freeman.

Freeman would only say the billionaire Fayed, the owner of Harrods department store in London, was seen at the hospital.

Pub Date: 11/25/98