Hundreds of women have come forward in recent years alleging that Al Fayed, who owned Harrods for 25 years, raped or sexually assaulted them. Al Fayed died in 2023, and a BBC documentary the following year, along with subsequent investigations, prompted further victims to speak publicly. Other claimants, including nannies, private assistants and air stewards employed by Al Fayed personally, are seeking damages directly from his estate through separate legal firms. Harrods is also seeking to have members of Al Fayed’s family removed as executors of his estate and replaced by professionals, amid concerns about the estate’s finances and administration. The executors are understood to include Al Fayed’s widow, Heini Wathen, and two of their children, Jasmine and Camilla Fayed.