For all those who were led into believing that Princess Diana was having an affair with Dodi Al-fayed just before her death in a car crash in 1997, this might come as a shocker. Her one time friend, and the ex-wife of cricketer turned politician Imran Khan, has revealed that Diana was madly in love with a distant cousin of Imran and wanted to marry him and settle down in Pakistan after she had divorced Prince Charles.
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In an interview given to Vanity Fair, Jemima has said that Diana even sought her advice on how difficult it is to adapt to the conservative life in Pakistan. Diana is believed to have dated Hasnat Khan, the reputed heart surgeon living and working in UK for 2 long years between 1995 and 1997. Jemima adds that Diana became her friend only because of the fact that she had married Imran, a distant cousin of Hasnat Khan.
Diana twice came down to Pakistan on fundraising trips, and on both occasions she secretly went to meet the family of Hasnat Khan. This was presumably to discuss the possibility of marrying Hasnat. However, despite her wealth and charm, Hasnat’s mother did not accept the idea of her son marrying an English bride. This was only natural and to be expected from a very conservative Pashtun mother. More than anything else, it was the fame of the ill fated Princess that went against her plans to marry the Pakistani heart surgeon.
Those who are believed to be the common friends of Hasnat and Diana say that it was Hasnat who hastened the breakup of the couple by refusing to marry the beautiful princess. Hasnat was a man who valued the privacy of his family and hated the idea of living under the media glare for the rest of his life. Rosa Monckton, who was at one time a close friend of Dina, has said that the much publicized relationship of Diana with Dodi Al-Fayed was only to make Hasnat jealous and there was no truth in the ill fated affair.
The intense love story between Hasnat and Diana has been made a subject of an upcoming movie named Diana. Naomi 
Watts is playing the character of Princess Diana in the movie. However, Hasnat Khan, despite the fact that nearly 16 years have passed since the tragic death of Princess Diana, has refused to say anything about his affair with her. He has not cooperated with the makers of the movie, refusing to reveal any intimate details of his affair with Diana. This proves the thinking of Diana who at one point of time had said that Hasnat is one person who would not sell me out like other people.
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These details about the life of princes Diana have come out close on the heels of his son Prince William having become a father only recently. Prince George may never get a chance to meet his grandmother but he certainly has to live with the details of her private life.
