Harrods boss Mohamed al-Fayed was a bully “used to getting his own way” the home secretary who rejected his application for citizenship has said. Jack Straw also told The Independent Fayed was “absolutely furious” after the decision was taken to refuse him a British passport in 1999.

A news conference in London heard how Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of the Harrods department store who died last year at age 94, allegedly raped and sexually abused dozens of women.