TWO decades ago billionaire New York hotel operator Leona Helmsley coined a phrase that has outlived her.

A PAMPERED pooch who inherited $12 million (€8m) from a US hotel magnate earlier this year has fled to Florida under an assumed name after receiving death threats.

TROUBLE the white Maltese dog will continue to live the royal life in the US, and then be buried alongside owner Leona Helmsley in a mausoleum maintained by a $12 million (€8.8m) trust fund.

American woman Leona Helmsley has left her beloved Maltese dog "Trouble" a $12m (€8.8m) trust fund, according to her will, which was made public in New York surrogate court, according to published reports.

Worried tenants of the Empire State Building are quitting the skyscraper over fears it may be a terrorist target, it was reported today.