Here are some of the key moments and sex abuse claims amid Fayed’s almost 40-year reign at the top of his business empire.

Mohamed Al Fayed is alleged to be a serial sexual predator. His sexual abuse, which has been under the spotlight for years, was not confined to his time as chairman of the luxury department store Harrods, according to lawyers for women who claim he assaulted them.

The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted it did not charge Mohamed Fayed over alleged sex abuse for a second time.

Late Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed has been accused of rape and sexual assault The Crown Prosecution Service has said that it twice considered bringing charges against ex-Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed but concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction.

Evidence was shown in 2009 and 2015, but the CPS decided not to go ahead with the prosecution as there was not a ‘realistic prospect of conviction’.