Harrods affair - Government reaction

Title

Harrods affair - Government reaction

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

3 Apr 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Peter Spencer reports on the Government’s reaction to the Harrods affair: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s growing concern over how Mohamed Al-Fayed acquired Harrods over the Lonrho group; the leaking of a report to the Observer newspaper. Fayed talks about how he has bought Harrods and it is no one else’s business how he paid for it.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; Mohamed Al-Fayed

Keywords

Reports; Newspapers; Margaret Thatcher; Business acquisitions; Harrods; Lonrho; Observer; Mohamed Al-Fayed

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