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Line 6: − + + + + + + − Mohamed moved to Britain in 1974 and has since attempted repeatedly to obtain British nationality. His applications have been turned down by [[Conservative]] and [[Labour]] governments on the grounds that he is not of good character. He has been involved in a number of high-profile scandals. In 1990 the British Department of Trade and Industry found that al Fayed had lied about his background and assets during the takeover by him and his brother of the House of Fraser Group, parent company of Harrods, in 1985. He also paid MPs, notably the Conservative Neil Hamilton, to ask questions on his behalf in the [[House of Commons]].
→Application for British nationality turned down
At the time of his death in 2023, Forbes estimated his wealth at US$2 billion.
At the time of his death in 2023, Forbes estimated his wealth at US$2 billion.
==Application for British nationality turned down==
==Application for British nationality turned down, al-Fayed lied==
Mohamed moved to Britain in 1974 and has since attempted repeatedly to obtain British nationality.<ref>(September 1995). [https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/526f6c7b-03b1-4ea5-b406-5daaa159beb7 HOLY WAR AT HARRODS
Mohamed Al Fayed, controversial chairman of Harrods, owner of the Ritz hotel in Paris, and onetime front man for the Sultan of Brunei, is battling the Tory party and the British upper class in his desperate bid to be an Englishman]. ''Vanity Fair''.</ref>
His applications have been turned down by [[Conservative]] and [[Labour]] governments on the grounds that he is not of good character. He has been involved in a number of high-profile scandals.
In 1990 the British Department of Trade and Industry found that al Fayed had lied about his background and assets during the takeover by him and his brother of the House of Fraser Group, parent company of Harrods, in 1985. He also paid MPs, notably the Conservative Neil Hamilton, to ask questions on his behalf in the [[House of Commons]].
==Arab lobby's pressure==
==Arab lobby's pressure==
In January 2003, Mohamed Al Fayed's Herrods acceded to a request from the Council for the Advancement of Arab'British Understanding (CAABU) and removed from its shelves Israeli products that might have originated in Gaza or the West Bank.<ref>Grossman, L. (2003). American Jewish Year Book 2003. United States: American Jewish Committee, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=98Y-vc2xsCwC&pg=PA363 363].
In January 2003, Mohamed Al Fayed's Herrods acceded to a request from the Council for the Advancement of Arab'British Understanding (CAABU) and removed from its shelves Israeli products that might have originated in Gaza or the West Bank.<ref>Grossman, L. (2003). American Jewish Year Book 2003. United States: American Jewish Committee, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=98Y-vc2xsCwC&pg=PA363 363].