Editing Mohamed Al-Fayed (section)

====Royal warrants====
In August 2010, in a letter to the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', Al-Fayed revealed that he had burnt Harrods's [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|royal warrants]], after taking them down in 2000. Harrods had held the Royal warrants since 1910. Describing the warrants as a "curse", Al-Fayed claimed that business had tripled since their removal. The [[Duke of Edinburgh]] removed his warrant in January 2000,<ref name="TelegJun11">{{Cite news|last=Mendick|first=Robert|date=26 June 2011|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/8598896/Anger-as-Mohammed-Fayed-burns-Harrods-royal-warrants.html|title=Anger as Mohamed Fayed burns Harrods royal warrants|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=22 September 2024|archive-date=13 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313133229/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/8598896/Anger-as-Mohammed-Fayed-burns-Harrods-royal-warrants.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the other warrants were removed from Harrods by Al-Fayed in December, pending their five-yearly review. The Duke of Edinburgh had been banned from Harrods by Al-Fayed.<ref name="everything-must">{{Cite news |date=23 December 2000|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1379216/Everything-must-go-as-Harrods-cuts-royal-links.html|title=Everything must go as Harrods cuts royal links|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|first=Robert|last=Hardman}}</ref> Film of the burning of the warrants in 2009 was shown in the final scene of ''Unlawful Killing'', a film funded by Al-Fayed and directed by [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]].<ref name="TelegJun11"/>