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.

A former Harrods executive will not join Fenwick as its new chief executive amid a growing fallout over claims of sexual abuse by Mohamed Fayed.

A former senior executive at Harrods has pulled out of a move to become the boss of department store Fenwick, Newcastle, weeks before he was due to start.