Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed’s relationship timeline
nypost.comtragic deaths — are again resurfacing thanks to the sixth and final season of “The Crown” on Netflix. Fayed, an Egyptian filmmaker, was the Princess of Wales’ last romantic partner before they both died in a Paris car crash in August 1997.
Their time together was full of lavish yacht trips and jet setting around the world. Diana had just ended a two-year relationship with surgeon Hasnat Khan when she linked up with Fayed in July 1997.
The pair are believed to have met through Fayed’s dad, Mohannad Al-Fayed. The Egyptian billionaire owned the Ritz Paris — where his son and Diana would spend some of their final hours — as well as Harrods department store and the Fulham Football Club in Britain.Al-Fayed died at age 94 on Aug.
30, 2023, nearly 26 years to the day that Diana and Dodi passed.Nowadays, royal experts are criticizing “The Crown’s” portrayal of Al-Fayed, claiming it’s “disrespectful” to paint him as a villain who set his son up with the princess in an effort to help gain his British citizenship.
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