A disgusted Princess Diana once compared Mohammed Al Fayed to Yoda after he made inappropriate comments towards her, it has been claimed. Paul Burrell , the former royal servant and later Diana's personal butler, shared stomach-churning details of an alleged indecent proposition by Mohamed Al Fayed that left her "shaking" . Burrell described how Diana was visibly trembling following her unsavoury encounter with Al Fayed, who she deemed a "creep".
In recent days, dozens of women have come forward to publicly accuse the former Harrods and Fulham FC owner Al Fayed - who died last year aged 94 - of rape and sexual assault. Diana dated his son Dodi Fayed for a few months before the couple died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. The former royal butler, who worked for Princess Diana from 1987 until her death 10 years later, shared that Diana mockingly nicknamed the ex-Harrods magnate "Yoda", likening him to the wrinkled green figure from Star Wars .
According to Mr Burrell, Al Fayed is claimed to have told Diana: “He said, ‘I’m going to sleep with you’. She then said in shock, ‘Can you imagine making love to Yoda?’. That’s what she called him.
I was disgusted by his behaviour." She also sarcastically referred to him in conversation as "God" for his inflated sense of self-regard, and labelled him "creepy" and "slimy", telling Mr Burrell: "He's always putting his hands on me", reports the Sun . Describing the moment he discovered that Mohammed Al Fayed had made advanc.