The late Queen was warned that Mohamed Al Fayed was a “salacious attacker of women” before Princess Diana’s death, it emerged on Thursday, as five women accused the former Harrods boss of rape. As a BBC investigation revealed a slew of sexual assault allegations against the late billionaire, Scotland Yard’s former head of royalty protection Dai Davies disclosed that police were first made aware of such accusations against Al Fayed in the 1990s. Mr Davies told an adviser to Queen Elizabeth II of his concerns about the Princess of Wales and her sons, William and Harry, going on holiday with Al Fayed and his son, Dodi, shortly before Diana’s death in 1997, but says his advice was ignored.
Dodi Fayed died with Priness Diana in the car crash and after their deaths Al Fayed installed a public memorial inside Harrods and pushed for their deaths to be investigated. On Thursday Sir Keir Starmer faced questions about the failure to prosecute Al Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, during his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions as it was alleged that the tycoon preyed on staff for decades. The Prime Minister was head of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2009 when its lawyers decided not to charge the Egyptian-born businessman over claims that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl the previous year.
Downing Street said Sir Keir, who quit his role at the CPS in 2013, had no involvement in the decision and the case “did not cross his desk”. However, the Conservative.