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Harrods vs Al Fayed: Can London’s most famous store survive its Jimmy Savile moment?

Harrods vs Al Fayed: Can London’s most famous store survive its Jimmy Savile moment?

The documentary’s question: “Did a luxury store protect a billionaire predator?” panicked the directors of the Qatari state-owned company Harrods Ltd, which in 2010 bought one of the most valuable British items from Al Fayed for £1.5 billion. 20 former Harrods employees detail how they were sexually assaulted or raped by Al Fayed, who walked through his store picking out victims as young as 15 and later attacked them at various locations including his Park Lane flat , Ritz Pariswhich he also owned, as well as Villa Windsor, the former home of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, which he spent £12 million renovating to get closer to the royal family – which he ultimately managed to do both himself and through his son Dodie, who was killed in the event of Princess Diana when they left the Ritz Paris in 1997.