Seven biggest bombshells from Mohamed Al Fayed ‘rape’ scandal – from Queen warning to cops ‘wiping evidence’

BOMBSHELL allegations surrounding Mohamed Al Fayed gripped the federation this week arsenic the former Harrods boss was accused of being a "serial rapist".

The Egyptian billionaire, who died past year, is facing accusations helium raped and sexually assaulted more than 20 pistillate employees.

The women, who worked at Harrods from the precocious 1980s to 2000s, assertion assaults were carried retired astatine the company’s offices, successful Fayed’s London apartment, oregon connected overseas trips often successful Paris astatine the Ritz hotel.

The new documentary - called Al Fayed: Predator astatine Harrods - hears claims that the store not lone failed to intervene but besides helped screen up allegations against Al Fayed.

Here we instrumentality a look astatine the 7 biggest bombshells....

Royal warning

The late Queen was warned Mohamed Al Fayed was a “dirty aged man” with a estimation arsenic a “salacious attacker of women”, a erstwhile royal extortion caput has claimed.

Her Majesty was reportedly told astir Al Fayed by Scotland Yard's Dai Davies, earlier the bulk of his allegations surfaced this week.

Davies said helium had warned Queen Elizabeth astir Mr Al Fayed’s estimation successful the 1990s, owed to his relation with the precocious Princess Diana.

He told the Daily Mail: “He had a salacious reputation. There were concerns astir his persona arsenic a soiled aged man.

“There were allegations I was alert of that Al Fayed had sexually assaulted women past paid them off. I had nary compunction successful informing the Queen astir this individual.

“I advised the Queen, done Lord Fellowes [her backstage secretary], not to fto the boys [Prince William and Prince Harry] spell distant connected vacation with him due to the fact that of the allegations I was alert of – that helium was a salacious attacker of women. 

“[Fellowes] said to me: 'The Palace is aware, Mr Davies.’”

Cops 'wiped evidence'

More than 20 erstwhile workers person accused Al Fayed, whose lad Dodi was killed successful a car clang alongside girlfriend Princess Diana, of sex abuse.

The caller BBC documentary claims Al Fayed deployed an army of aides to soundlessness his alleged victims and utilized his power and wealthiness to evade justice.

He allegedly deployed Harrods staff, a erstwhile elder Met Police officer, lawyers and PR agents to endanger his victims who helium spied connected utilizing hidden cameras and bugging equipment.

One pistillate named Ellie was 15 erstwhile she told constabulary successful 2008 Al Fayed groped and tried to buss her successful Harrods.

She claims the lawsuit was dropped aft details were leaked by the Met Police who allegedly wiped grounds from her phone.

Al Fayed allegedly utilized caput of information John Macnamara to endanger women who made enactment claims.

The erstwhile Met Police main superintendent was described arsenic a “nasty portion of work” by an ex-Harrods workfellow who said “He would usage his powerfulness arsenic an ex-copper. I cognize Macnamara knocked connected someone’s doorway and ­threatened a girl.”

It is understood 3 women came guardant to the Met successful 2018, 2021 and 2023, but the CPS was ne'er asked to see charges.

Paris 'sex abuse' mansion

Al Fayed has besides been accused of utilizing a royal mansion featured successful The Crown to rape and sexually battle victims.

Multiple women person adjacent claimed that the billionaire raped oregon sexually assaulted them at "Villa Windsor" successful Paris's Bois de Boulogne.

The lavish 14-room mansion was the location of post-abdication King Edward VIII and his woman Wallis Simpson and precocious featured on The Crown's 3rd season.

One pistillate named Gemma - who worked arsenic 1 of his idiosyncratic assistants betwixt 2007 and 2009 - has claimed Al Fayed raped her astatine the historical Parisian villa.

Gemma described waking up to find him attempting to get into furniture with her, adding: "I told him, 'No, I don't privation you to'". 

She added: "I was benignant of look down connected the furniture and helium conscionable pressed himself connected me."

Speaking to the BBC, Sophia, who worked arsenic his idiosyncratic adjunct from 1988 to 1991, said "vile" Al Fayed tried to rape her much than erstwhile with 1 of those attempts taking spot astatine the Villa Windsor.

'Forced' wellness checks

Al Fayed besides allegedly forced unit to instrumentality intersexual health tests earlier helium sexually assaulted them.

Women recruited successful their teens and aboriginal twenties to enactment arsenic idiosyncratic assistants successful Al Fayed’s backstage bureau claimed that they were required by Wendy Snell, Harrods’s corporate GP, to undertake medicals that included intimate examinations.

Former unit claimed that the aesculapian checkups were advertised arsenic “an other perk of the job” and due to the fact that Al Fayed’s son Dodi “had a debased immune system”.

However, they aboriginal made the harrowing find that it was preparing them for intersexual maltreatment by Al Fayed, who was obsessed with hygiene.

One pistillate claimed she had a smear trial and a doc checked her ovaries.

“My results were sent straight to the president truthful rapidly that by the clip I had got backmost to my desk, helium knew the results,” she alleged.

Harrods 'cover up'

The caller BBC documentary heard claims that the store not lone failed to intervene but besides helped screen up allegations against the Egyptian billionaire.

Bruce Drummond, a barrister from a ineligible squad representing a fig of the women, said: “The spider’s web of corruption and maltreatment successful this institution was unbelievable and precise dark.” 

However, Harrods’ existent owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations, stressing the institution contiguous is “very different”.

A Harrods quality resources manager betwixt 1990 and 1994 said she was ordered by Al Fayed’s elder adjunct to find charismatic young income assistants helium had seen successful the store and nonstop them to his office.

Tony Leeming, a section manager, admitted: “It was good known and everyone knew astir it and it was a joke.”

Of the 13 women the BBC spoke to, 4 accidental Al Fayed raped them, and each said they felt intimidated by a civilization of fearfulness astatine Harrods.

Over 100 victims

Mohamed Al Fayed's alleged maltreatment of women "combined the worst of Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein", a lawyer has said.

But determination are fears the total fig of victims could transcend much than 100 as Dean Armstrong KC, representing the alleged victims, encouraged different imaginable victims to travel guardant today.

Speaking astatine a property conference, the lawyer described the erstwhile Harrods president arsenic a "monster".

Mr Drummond KC added: "This is 1 of the worst cases of firm intersexual exploitation that surely I, and possibly the satellite has ever seen.

"It was perfectly horrific and I can't accent that connection enough."

Forced to lavation with Dettol

Gemma, who worked for Al Fayed arsenic a idiosyncratic adjunct betwixt 2007 and 2009, recounted the scary infinitesimal Al Fayed allegedly raped her.

She said: "He proceeded to conscionable support trying to get successful the bed, astatine which constituent helium was benignant of connected apical of maine and [I] truly couldn't determination anywhere."

She says aft the Harrods tycoon raped her she cried, portion helium got up and told her aggressively to lavation herself with Dettol.

“Obviously helium wanted maine to erase immoderate hint of him being anyplace adjacent me,” she explains.

Another pistillate described being raped astatine the Mayfair code arsenic a teenager, describing unit astatine Harrods arsenic being treated arsenic his "playthings".

She said: "Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster, a intersexual predator with nary motivation compass whatsoever."

She added: "I deliberation Mohamed Al Fayed is simply a rapist - helium is simply a serial rapist."