Before dating Diana, Dodi was in a relationship with American-born model Kelly Fisher. In The Crown season 5, Erin Richards plays Kelly, with the Netflix drama depicting her in a romance with Dodi, much to the chagrin of his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed.
In 1986, Fayed married model Suzanne Gregard. They divorced eight months later. According to her memoir Babylon Confidential, Claudia Christian had an on-again, off-again romance with Fayed. In July 1997, Fayed became romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales.
"The Crown" portrays Kelly Fisher, the woman Dodi Fayed dated before Princess Diana. Fisher claimed they were already engaged when he became romantically involved with Diana. Fisher sued Fayed for breach of contract in 1997.
But only one man has been called the "love of her life"—British Pakistani surgeon Hasnat Khan, whom Diana dated from 1995 to 1997. Here's everything you need to know about Khan, who is portrayed by Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed in the Netflix royal drama.
In 1997, Mohamed Al-Fayed invited Diana and the young princes Harry and William to holiday with them, where Diana and Dodi began to get to know each other and, inevitably, fall in love.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
3, 2006 — -- At the time of her death, Princess Diana was wearing a diamond ring given to her by Dodi Al-Fayed, according to a new book by Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell. The $5,000 ring was a friendship ring, not an engagement ring, according to Burrell, who claims the princess was not ready to remarry.
Psychotherapist Julia Samuel, 60, from London, became close to Diana after meeting her at a dinner party in 1987, and is godmother to Prince George, nine. She is also believed to be the person to whom Meghan Markle, 41, turned when she felt suicidal in her pregnancy.
Khan attended Diana's funeral ceremony at Westminster Abbey in September, 1997. The heart surgeon told the police in 2004 that he doubted she had been pregnant when she died because she always took her contraceptive pills.
Dodi Al-Fayed was an Egyptian-British film producer and the son of Mohamed Al-Fayed, a wealthy Egyptian businessman.
Samira died in 1986 of a heart attack.
"Dodi did not have time to get to her before she died. He travelled to Egypt but could not get there until the next day.
Diana and Dodi were together for one summer before they both tragically died in a high-speed car crash in Paris. Diana was 36, and Dodi was 42.
In real life, Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed dated for a few months before their sad deaths in a vehicle collision in Paris in late August 1997. Dodi Fayed and their driver were killed on the spot, in the incident, while Diana died from her injuries hours later.
According to Khan, Diana broke up with him. "It was at (a) second meeting that Diana told me that it was all over between us," he said. Around that time, Diana began to be photographed with Dodi Fayed, son of Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. Khan speculated this new relationship played a role in their break-up.
Who gave the eulogy at Diana's funeral? Princess Diana's eulogy was delivered by Charles Spencer. The funeral was one of the biggest televised events in history and with the eyes of the world on him, Earl Spencer delivered a moving tribute to his late sister.
Meghan Markle Visited Princess Diana's Grave to Ask for “Clarity and Guidance,” Prince Harry Writes.
Diana and Camilla might have never had a close friendship, but when Charles and Diana started dating the pair were friendly with each other. At the time Camilla was married to Andrew Parker Bowles and had two children with him.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is once again talking about her friendship with the late Princess Diana. On an episode of her new podcast, Ferguson said Diana "never understood how brilliant she was really, you know, and together we both didn't. And I used to hug her but she wouldn't understand."
In his early 20s, like many other young men, Charles simply wasn't ready for marriage. Not long after he met Camilla, Charles went off to serve in the navy. Camilla probably thought she could wait around forever without ever getting a proposal from the prince.
When Prince William proposed to Kate in 2010, he presented her with his late mother's sapphire and diamond engagement ring. Princess Kate has been sporting the stunning jewelry on her finger ever since — and during a visit to Wales on Thursday, the royal revealed that she did not have to get the ring resized.
So she essentially wore them for four years more than she needed to, and it was for a very touching reason: it was out of respect for her sons, according to Mail Online.
What is this? More than two decades later, the aquamarine ring reappeared on Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle.
In The Crown this season, the two women even meet up for lunch after the big engagement. But did this really happen in real life? According to Andrew Morton's biography, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words, written with his subject's cooperation in 1992, it did.
“It was horrid,” Camilla admitted in a rare interview, of the media scrutiny that imprisoned her in her home after the shocking death of Diana, Princess of Wales. “I wouldn't want to put my worst enemy through it.”