There Queen Elizabeth was warned by the head of security that Mohamed Al Fayed was a “dirty old man” who had a reputation for attacking women, just as The tycoon’s son Dodi dated Lady Diana.
Mohamed Al Fayed accused of rape
These accusations are now made public. Mohamed Al Fayedformer owner of Harrods, who died in 2023, was accused by five women of rapeHowever, there are at least 20 reports of assaults by former luxury department store employees contained in a BBC investigative report published a year after the tycoon’s disappearance.
These revelations were notably collected in the documentary and the podcast, Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrodswhich shows how the attacks were covered up by the managers of the department stores under pressure from Al Fayed who was also at the centre of a tough battle against the royal family British after the Paris accident that killed Lady Diana and her son Dodi in 1997. The tycoon claimed that the Royals were involved in a plot that led to the couple’s premature end. Among other things, a strange complicity had been established between Mohamed Al Fayed and the princess.
Palace knew about attacks while Diana was dating Dodi Al Fayed
But disturbing new details are emerging on the Entanglements between Buckingham Palace and Mohamed Al Fayed. As revealed by Dai Davies, a former head of protection for the royal family at Scotland Yard, the police were informed of the allegations against the billionaire in the 1990s. And he in turn spoke to Queen Elizabeth about them, because worried about safety of Lady Diana and her sons William and Harry. In fact, all three were supposed to go on holiday with Dodi Al Fayed and his father.
“I was aware of allegations that Al Fayed sexually assaulted women and then paid them. I had no qualms about warning the Queen about this individual.“. Davies added that he had told the late monarch, through his private secretary, not to let Princes William or Harry go on holiday with the billionaire.
The Queen’s secretary replied to him – Davies continues – that Her Majesty was already aware of these allegations: “The Palace is aware, Mr Davies. My job was to protect the reputation of the royal family.”
Davies concluded that, although he had shared his concerns with Lord Condron, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, His advice was ultimately ignoredHe said: “I had a discussion with the then commissioner, Lord Condron, about my concerns. Al Fayed had a reputation as a bad guy. Ultimately my advice was ignored. Diana left Kensington Palace when Al Fayed sent his helicopter.”