Mohammed Al Fayed: When he had royal warrants burned by Harrods

Former owner of Harrods, Mohammed Al Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, was described as a “monster” earlier this week by lawyers representing victims of sexual abuse and . Over 20 women accuse him of rape and sexual assaults and as they say, women’s lawyers received over 150 new demands from potential billionaire victims. Mohammed Al Fayed died, having by the end of his life the obsession that his son and Princess Diana were murdered, when they died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel on August 31, 1997. The Egyptian billionaire had chronic ties to the royal family, but his relationship with the British monarchy changed dramatically after the death of his son and Diana. In fact “see” Prince Philip’s involvement in their deaths and that is why the former owner of Harrods – until 2010 – Mohammed Al Fagent, who used to ensure that the luxury department store held four royal warrants (royal warrants), after the tragic incident asked to be removed. In 2000, Al Fayed was informed that the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021, did not want to renew his royal warrant because his purchases at the store had declined. Royal warrants are revised depending on how often their services are used by the royal family. Al Fayed withdrew three others who had been granted by Queen Elizabeth II, her mother “Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother” and then Prince – present King Charles. Al Fayed later revealed that he had the royal warrants burned. Al Fayed, according to her, had notified Buckingham Palace in July of the same year that he would not request the renewal of royal warrants granted by the queen and Charles. Al Fayed then stated: “Since neither has shopped in Harrods for several years, showing off the royal warrant would be completely misleading and hypocritical.” After removing the giant crests from Harrods’ front wall, the site remained empty until a new large sign showing the shop name was placed in place. The graphics and packaging of Harrods were then redesigned to reflect the removal of warrants. A decade later, Al Fagent revealed how he ordered the royal warrants that once hung in his store to be burned. The magnate even described warrants as “a curse ” for his luxury store. He is also said to be “enraged” with the suggestion that the kings had ordered the warrants to be removed. He wrote in a letter in a newspaper: “That’s not true. I ordered their removal. Later, I had them burned. It was a curse and operations tripled after they were removed.”