The Crown S5: Everything You Need To Know About Diana's Lovers Dr Hasnat Khan & Dodi Fayed

Netflix’s hit series The Crown is a hot topic of discussion ever since the release of its latest season. The fifth installment of the franchise features Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ explosive marriage fall out and Diana’s link-ups with Dr Hasnat Khan and Dodi Fayed among others. This season showcases the beloved princesses’ final years.

For the unversed, during her short life span HRH Princess Diana was constantly under media scanner and public eye. More so after her fall out with Prince Charles. The media was often flooded with the snippets of her love affairs. In fact, even in the show’s current season we are made privy to her boyfriends/lovers Dr Hasnat Khan and Dodi Fayed – the one she crossed over to the other side with.

Here’s everything you need to know about the two men:

Dr Hasnat Khan – Lady Diana’s ‘Soulmate’

He appears in the seventh episode, No Woman’s Land. It runs parallel to Martin Bashir’s Panorama interview. Dr Hasnat Khan is a British heart and lung surgeon of Pakistani Origin. He met Lady Di when she visited the Royal Brompton hospital in 1995. She was there with her friend, whose husband was recovering from heart surgery.

According to The Guardian, Diana was so taken by him that she visited the hospital almost daily for three weeks to meet him before they officially began their relationship. In fact, she wanted to marry him. She also introduced Hasnat Khan to her two sons William and Harry. In turn, she visited his parents’ home in Pakistan. Reportedly, the couple were considering moving there but Diana changed her mind.

Their relationship lasted for two years before the duo called it quits in 1997. The reason behind their breakup was said to be Khan’s reluctance to make their relationship public, fearing how it would affect his career.

According to Di’s butler, she called him the love of her life, not Dodi, who died with her. Many believed that if she hadn’t passed away in the car accident, she would have definitely rekindled her romance with Dr Khan.

It wasn’t only from her side, Khan even attended Diana’s funeral ceremony at Westminster Abbey in September 1997.

In the show, the makers have recreated the hospital scene, where Di is mesmerized by him as she tells her friend that Khan has “gorgeous eyes”. Their romance takes off as she visits him on the daily. Khan expresses gratitude for her commitment to humanitarian work and asks if she can meet her at midnight. Eventually, the duo goes to the cinema where they watch Apollo 13 together.

As they come close for a kiss, Diana utters an interesting dialogue after looking at Dr Khan’s hesitation, she says, “You forget I already had a prince. He broke my heart. I’m just looking for a frog to make me happy.”

Dodi Fayed – The man she crossed over to the other world with

Emad ‘Dodi’ Fayed was the son of the former Harrods owner and Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. He was a notorious playboy who was said to have been involved with Nancy Sinatara and Winona Ryder apart from his relationship with Lady Di.

The pair first met at a polo match in 1986, where Fayed played against Charles. It was in the summer of 1997, when Dodi invited Diana (who had divorced Charles) along with her two sons William and Harry to spend time on his yacht in France. However, Diana showed up to his yacht solo. Soon after, a photo of the pair kissing made headlines across the world. They traveled across the South of France and Sardinia.

Later, they flew to Paris where the duo was hounded by the paparazzi while they were having dinner at Dodi’s father Mohamed al Fayed’s Ritz hotel. On that fateful night of August 31, 1997 their car was chased by the paps on motorbikes. As they drove through the Pont de l’Alma tunnel, they crashed into a pillar. Dodi was declared dead on the spot along with his driver Henri Paul.

Diana’s bodyguard survived the crash with serious injuries. Diana was still alive at the scene of the crash but was critica;y injured. She was rushed to the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. As per Oprah magazine, Diana suffered from a concussion, a broken arm, a cut thigh and massive chest injuries.

After a two-hour operation to save her, the doctors couldn’t get Diana’s heart to beat properly and she never regained consciousness. She died from internal bleeding at 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997.

In The Crown, Dodi is shown to be a sensitive man who is triggered by the overbearing presence and interference of his father. Season 6 will revolve around his relationship with Diana and most likely also feature some conspiracy theories surrounding her lethal car crash.

The Crown Season 5 is available for streaming on Netflix.

The Crown S5: Everything You Need To Know About Diana’s Lovers Dr Hasnat Khan & Dodi Fayed

Dr Hasnat Khan – Lady Diana’s ‘Soulmate’

Dodi Fayed – The man she crossed over to the other world with

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