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In a Facebook post from the academy, Mr Tindal-Draper was described as a "passionate, articulate and bright student" who had a strong moral compass.

"Our concern is you have to take the facts with the moral compass and understand that these issues are so sensitive that you can't just get into biology, legality, right, wrong."

Expecting anyone to live according to a moral compass is foolhardy.

The journalist said he inherited his strong moral compass, including a deep-seated sense of equality, from his father, who was once was once assaulted by members of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina.

“Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster, a sexual predator with no moral compass whatsoever,” she says, adding that all the staff at Harrods were his “playthings”.