George Michael's royal secret

George Michael disclosed details of his close relationship with Princess Diana and said it was "very clear" that she was "very attracted" to him, a new biography reveals.

The late pop singer, who met the Princess of Wales backstage at a World AIDS Day Concert in Wembley Arena, became one of Diana's closest confidantes, sharing private meetings, phone calls, and wines-fueled tête-à-têtes, according to the Daily Mail.

She even confessed the details of her impending "grim" divorce from Charles in 1996 on a recording made at the singer's house in Hampstead, London, and told him she had to escape the "not-very-loving royals" at any cost.

"She was like a lot of women who have been attracted to me in my life. They see something non-threatening," he dished during a 2009 interview.

"There were certain things that happened that made it very clear that she was very attracted to me. There was no question.""There were certain things that happened that made it very clear that she was very attracted to me. There was no question."

Details of Michael's relationship with Lady Di, his struggle to publicly come out and his brushes with the law, are laid bare in David Nolan's new biography George Michael, Freedom, The Ultimate Tribute 1963-2016, DailyMailTV reveals.

Michael had said in an interview that the somewhat unlikely pair had "clicked in way that was a little bit intangible, and it probably had more to do with our up bringing than anything else."

And while the pair's close bond was no secret, he had hinted over the years that their relationship may have gone beyond a friendship.

When asked if he ever considered sleeping with Diana, he coyly told the Huffington Post: "I knew it would have been a disastrous thing to do."

He also admitted he tended to "shy away" from calling her because he worried it would come off as "intrusive."

- This article was first published on dailymail.co.uk and is republished here with permission.