Report: Saudi princess ordered Paris interior decorator to 'kiss her feet' and guard to 'kill' him

[davidn3600]

A Saudi Arabian princess forced an interior decorator who took a photo of her flat in Paris to "kiss her feet" and told her bodyguard to "kill" him, according to French reports.

The decorator has reportedly filed a legal complaint against the princess, a daughter of the late king Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, over the incident.

The decorator said his terrifying ordeal started after he had taken a snap of the interior of the flat in a chic apartment block on Avenue Foch, in the affluent 16ème arrondissement, when the princess flew into a rage.

"You must kill him, this dog. He doesn't deserve to live," he told police she had screamed at her armed bodyguard because she thought that he had taken the picture to sell it to the press.

Guards of Saudi royals are authorised by the French interior ministry to bear arms, which is not the case for private security guards of French nationality, bar rare exceptions.

The decorator said he desperately tried to explain that he always took pictures of buildings where he conducted works to be sure to put back objects and furniture in the same place afterwards.

But the princess remained unconvinced and the decorator said her guard then punched him on the side of the head before binding his hands together.

In a fit of zeal, the guard then ordered his prisoner to "kiss the feet" of the princess, Le Point reported. He said when he refused, the guard pointed a gun at him.

According to police officers, the bruise marks were still visible when the decorator gave them his testimony.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/29/saudi-princess-ordered-paris-interior-decorator-to-kiss-her-feet/

[dhol82]

1. Wow!

This will certainly cement Franco-Saudi relations.

[white_wolf]

2. I would say I hope she gets arrested, but...

people like her never face justice. Royalty is a disgusting concept.

[BSdetect]

3. royalty is just another form of power through wealth

[Agnosticsherbet]

7. She may have diplomatic immunity.

[leftynyc]

12. Why?

It doesn't say anything about her being a diplomat or part of a diplomat's family. Just that she's a Saudi princess. Raid the house and escort the twit to the airport and forbid her from ever returning.

[Agnosticsherbet]

14. Did some research and found a story on a Saudi Prince in the US arrested for a sex crime.

Some of the Princes and Princesses have diplomatic immunity because they work for the Saudi Government in some capacity.

[leftynyc]

15. I know here in NY

it's only the diplomats (at the UN or the consulates) and their families that have immunity. And they're trying to change that in NY - too many family members getting into trouble and NYers are sick of it.

[Agnosticsherbet]

16. Being Royals, they have a huge sense of entitlement.

[leftynyc]

17. THAT is what I think is the issue

That's why she and her "bodyguard" need to be shown to the airport and told never to come back or they'll both be immediately arrested.

[GulfCoast66]

4. I am in Landscaping

And potentially could do a job for someone like this. If that happened to me, someone would be in the hospital and someone in jail.

The whole royalty thing really gets my blood boiling. Not the symbolic European type. But where they actually have power.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Stupid Saudi B***h!

These people are disgusting. They think they own people and have the power of life and death over them. I hope she is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[davidn3600]

6. Like a real life Queen of Hearts

[appal_jack]

8. Might be a better story if France allowed regular citizens to concealed-carry.

"No, you kiss my feet, princess, right after you crawl through the spilled blood of your 'muscle' lying there against whom I just exercised justifiable self-defense."

Sorry for this bit of revenge porn, but the very concept of 'royalty' in this day and age makes my blood boil. And France. with all its "liberte, egalite, and fraternite" made a mistake when extending special privileges to such scum.

-app

[Nevernose]

9. I don't think she acts like that because of monarchy

But because she's obscenely wealthy.

(Although I guess semi-unlimited power in her home country contributes. Not absolute power, because she can't drive or play sports or wear make-up, but she can still order a man's execution)

[Act_of_Reparation]

19. You don't think she thinks she's better than everyone else...

...because she was born into a system that dictates she is, by birth, better than everyone else?

Curious.

[angstlessk]

21. "Affluenza"

Such a new term, no dictionary has it yet?

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Careful what you say. You may be accused of "Saudiphobia". n/t

[ManiacJoe]

11. The guard needs better training.

It will give him something to do while serving the jail time he deserves.

[Codeine]

13. I heard that kissing Saudi feet is going mainstream. nt

[leftynyc]

18. +1000

Well done.

[Marr]

20. If the world ever gets off oil, or the Saudis run out of it...

it's going to be very interesting to see what happens to that family.

[Calculating]

22. Well

Hopefully they diversified and invested properly in other relevant things. Otherwise the days of easy living are done for them.

[Calculating]

23. Royalty is a perverse concept

There very notion that some people are entitled to things purely because of their bloodline is a barbaric tradition that really needs to die. I cannot respect 'so called' royalty of any kind.