The managing director of Harrods says the London department store is “deeply sorry” for failing employees who say they were sexually assaulted by late owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

Mohamed al-Fayed’s son has said the multiple allegations of sexual abuse made against his late father have “thrown into question the loving memory I had of him”. The former Harrods owner has been accused of multiple rapes and sexual assaults by dozens of women, who claimed he preyed on young women working at the company.

Kate - not her real name - was 16 and had recently started working at Harrods when Mohamed Al Fayed summoned her to his apartment. Inside the Park Lane residence, "he tried to pressure me into having sex with him,

Mohamed Al Fayed's son has said he is "horrified" by allegations of sexual abuse made against his late father, which have "thrown into question the loving memory I had of him". Dozens of women have accused the former Harrods owner - who died last year aged 94 - of multiple rapes and sexual assaults.

Harrods apologized to its employees on Thursday over the late owner Mohamed Al Fayed's alleged sexual abuse. The London department store was bought by Al Fayed, an Egypt-born businessman, in the mid-1980s.

Around 60 women have now come forward to allege they were sexually abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, lawyers representing them said on Friday.

Victims told to make contact with detectives as Harrods' current chief defends knowing about Al-Fayed's industrial depravity.