A Saudi Arabian princess allegedly made a painter and decorator kiss her feet inside a palatial Paris flat before telling a bodyguard: 'You have to kill this dog, he doesn't deserve to live.'

The unnamed multi-millionaire allegedly attacked the also unidentified man in the French capital earlier this summer.

He had arrived at the property in a prestigious area of Paris to carry out some basic decorating.

A Saudi Arabian princess allegedly made a painter and decorator kiss her feet at a palatial flat in Paris in an incident denied by the Princess's lawyer

But the Princess was not happy.

When she saw the workman taking photographs on his smart phone camera – something decorators do routinely nowadays – she is said to have accused him of preparing to sell them to the media.

She then allegedly ordered her bodyguards to beat him up, tied his hands and feed together, and then made him kiss her feet.

Le Point, the French news outlet, reports the 'You have to kill this dog, he doesn't deserve to live' allegation, saying it has been passed on the police.

The entire ordeal is said to have lasted for up to four hours, before the man was kicked out of the flat, and told to 'never return' to the area.

Later he asked for the equivalent of some 16,000 pounds for work done, and for the return of his tools.

The bodyguard was accused

Le Point said he then made a report to the police, showing them bruises on his head, which he said were caused by the attack.

But Elie Hatem, the bodyguard’s barrister, disputes this version of events, saying: ‘There were more than twenty people in the apartments.

‘How can the facts as outlined by the complainant have been overlooked?’

During questioning by the judge on Saturday, the bodyguard said he done the ‘minimum necessary’ to ‘restrain’ the workman after the Princess caught him taking pictures.

He was accused of wanted to sell the images of the inside of the flat to the media.

In turn, judicial police said it was perfectly normal for painters and decorators to take pictures on their smart phones during jobs.

The bodyguard confirmed the Princess was present during the incident, and that he was carrying an automatic pistol, as he was entitled to as a diplomatic guard.

The dispute over the money may well hamper any future criminal enquiry, as will the privileged manner in which Saudi royalty is treated in France.

Not only is the country a massive market for French arms sales but some of the most prestigious real estate in the country is owned by Saudis.

Unlike French security guards, their protection staff are allowed to carry guns thanks to diplomatic agreements.