Mohammed Al Fayed: CPS did not prosecute Harrods owner twice

Dean Armstrong KC, one of the lawyers representing the alleged victims, said he was “perplexed” as to what new information Harrods might have received in 2023.

In a BBC interview on Saturday, he argued that the new owners – who bought Harrods in 2010 – “either did not know [about the allegations] – which I find difficult to accept – or refused to acknowledge that there was this background of sexual misconduct.”

Mr Armstrong also said that his team had 37 clients, but the number of people who had approached them with allegations about Fayed was nearly 150.

The lawyers claim that the attacks on Fayed took place all over the world, including in the UK, the US, Canada, France, Malaysia and Dubai.

“This is a global case, not just in the UK. Such incidents have happened all over the world,” another lawyer, Bruce Drummond, told the BBC.