Saudi princess 8216;to hide ID in sex case8217;

A Saudi princess has won a legal battle to keep her identity secret in a UK court where she's being tried for allegedly sexually harassing her British bodyguard,a media report said.

A Saudi princess has won a legal battle to keep her identity secret in a UK court where she8217;s being tried for allegedly sexually harassing her British bodyguard,a media report said.

The 40-year-old British bodyguard,who earned 100,000 pounds a year protecting the Saudi princess from 2003 to 2010,has moved Central London Employment Tribunal,claiming proper compensation for his resignation because he 8220;felt threatened by the risk of sexual harassment8221;,the 8216;Daily Mail8217; reported.

He has alleged that the royal was engaged in drinking,illegal drug-taking and 8220;sexually promiscuous8221; behaviour,and that she once kicked him in the groin 8220;knowing full well that he was recovering from invasive surgery to that area8221;.

However,lawyers for the Saudi princess successfully persuaded the court that she should be shielded from publicity as her life and that of her family could be put at risk,and said the allegations are to undermine members of her family in high government positions,the report said.

Employment judge Jeremy Burns ruled: 8220;She is far more likely to come to London to have the case tried if she is spared adverse publicity.8221;

The princess8217;s husband 8212; a Saudi prince and a 8220;successful businessman8221; 8212; has also been granted privacy over claims he was a 8220;viewer of gay porn websites8221;,the report said.

In fact,the bodyguard has alleged that the princess would come back late at night 8220;excessively drunk8221; during the period when he was protecting her.

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8220;The princess was sick in A8217;s accommodation and would fall asleep there. He found it very stressful as it was his job to protect her but it became increasingly difficult to protect her from herself,8221; court papers said.

On trips abroad,he had to share rooms with other members of staff 8220;to protect himself8221; from the advances of the princess; and at times,she would complain to him that her husband had been looking at websites with homosexual content,the court heard.

The case will be heard later this year.