Al Fayed: 'I'll move if Scots go it alone'

Published on Monday 19 May 2008 11:00

HARRODS owner Mohammed Al Fayed has said he would move to Scotland permanently if the country became independent.

Mr Al Fayed said his 65,000 acre Balnagown estate in Easter Ross, was "the most beautiful place in the Highlands".

And he told BBC Radio Scotland that when the country was "free and independent I am going to move there permanently".

The Harrods owner argued that the devolved Scottish Government had "no real power".

When asked how he felt about the Holyrood administration, Mr Al Fayed said: "That is all b******t. They just keep talking and taking no action.

"They are the zombies of the south. They have no real power to create the different type of society, looking after the needy, looking after the poor."

Mr Al Fayed also argued that Scotland had to have "the main share out of the oil revenues".

He said "God blessed you there with the oil" but added that the revenues were controlled by the south.

He also stated he was "trying to move on" following the conclusion of inquests into the death of his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales.

A jury last month returned a verdict that the couple had been unlawfully killed.