'Kiss the princess's feet or die'

30 September 2016 - 09:14 By ©The Daily Telegraph

A Saudi Arabian princess forced an interior decorator who took a photo of her flat in Paris to "kiss my feet" and told her bodyguard to "kill" him, Le Point reported. The decorator filed a legal complaint against the princess, a daughter of the late king Khalid bin Abdulaziz al-Saud.The decorator said his four-hour ordeal started after he had taken a snap of the interior of the flat on chic Avenue Foch.The princess flew into a rage: "You must kill him, this dog. He doesn't deserve to live," she reportedly screamedThe decorator said he desperately tried to explain that he always took pictures to be sure to put back objects and furniture in the same place.The decorator said her guard punched him on the side of the head before binding his hands.The guard then ordered his prisoner to "kiss the feet" of the princess. W hen he refused the guard pointed a gun at him.Police officers said there were bruise marks still visible when the decorator made the complaint .The worker reportedly tried to charge the Saudis for the decorating job but he was not paid the €20,000 he demanded. He said he did not get back his tools either. ..

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