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Multiple writers tried to expose Harrods owner, but money, threats and media control kept allegations under lock

“Entourage” is too wan a word for this motley crew of enforcers, concealers, NDA experts and crisis PRs, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

There’s a reason why I feel unease about the Mohamed Al Fayed allegations, the ones suggesting that he sexually assaulted umpteen women and regarded Harrods employees as fair game. It’s because I was around during the time he was trying to penetrate the Establishment, a more difficult call in the…

As UK editor of Vanity Fair, from the 1990s I amassed appalling testimonies about the Harrods owner of sex abuse, racism and spying on staff