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- Hasnat Khan is a British-Pakistani coronary heart and lung surgeon.
- He dated Princess Diana for 2 years after her break up from Prince Charles.
- He’ll be performed by Humayun Saeed in season 5 of ‘The Crown’.
Dr. Hasnat Khan was an vital particular person in Princess Diana‘s life earlier than her tragic 1997 dying. Hasnat, 64, dated the Princess of Wales for 2 years (from 1995 to 1997) after the tip of her marriage to Prince Charles, now King Charles. They broke up simply months earlier than Diana was killed in a automobile accident whereas fleeing paparazzi in Paris. Hasnat will probably be performed by Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed, 51, within the fifth season of the Netflix collection The Crown, which premieres Nov. 9. The brand new season reveals when Diana met Hasnat as her marriage to Charles was fully crumbling.
Preserve studying to be taught extra about Dr. Hasnat Khan, together with his whirlwind relationship with Princess Diana, and what he’s been as much as following her dying.
1. Hasnat is a coronary heart and lung surgeon.
Hasnat labored as a coronary heart and lung surgeon earlier than, and after, his relationship with Diana. He labored in Sydney, Australia earlier than shifting to London, the place he labored on the Royal Brompton Hospital after which the London Chest Hospital. It’s been reported that Hasnat at the moment works a advisor cardiothoracic surgeon at Basildon College Hospital, in Essex, England
2. He dated Princess Diana after her divorce.
Hasnat met Diana in August 1995, whereas he was working on the Royal Brompton Hospital. Diana was there visiting her shut buddy’s husband who was recovering from coronary heart surgical procedure, in response to Bustle. Hasnat reportedly invited Diana to his uncle’s home the place he was going to gather books, and she or he agreed to return. This occurred as her marriage to Charles was falling aside, however earlier than they formally divorced.
3. Diana referred to Hasnat as ‘Mr. Fantastic’.
Hasnat described his relationship with Diana in his assertion for the 2004 inquest into Diana’s dying. She reportedly referred to him as “Mr. Fantastic” and immersed herself into Pakistani tradition. Diana’s buddies reportedly stated that Hasnat was “the love of her life” and her “soulmate”, in response to The Telegraph. Diana and Hasnat tried to keep away from paparazzi throughout their relationship, however finally Diana was caught sneaking into the hospital to see him. “The one place we might have any actual privateness was at Kensington Palace as they might not get us there,” Hasnat reportedly wrote in his inquest, including that the media adopted him all over the place, together with at work.
Studies have stated that Diana was the one to finish the connection. Shortly after the break up, Diana began relationship Dodi Fayed, who died alongside her in 1997. Hasnat reportedly wrote in his inquest that whereas “she denied there was anybody else concerned,” he informed her that he “strongly suspected there was another person,” in response to Bustle.
4. He attended Diana’s funeral.
Hasnat attended Diana’s funeral ceremony at Westminster Abbey in September 1997. He spoke in regards to the influence of her passing in a uncommon interview with The Mail on Sunday in 2008. “She did a whole lot of work. She acquired to the place she was on what she was. “She didn’t simply shake palms and wave at individuals. She really did issues. Now she has gone, there’s a enormous vacuum – she has left a niche,” he reportedly stated.
5. He’s on his second marriage.
10 years after Diana’s dying, Hasnat acquired married to Hadia Sher Ali, a Pakistani descendant from Afghan royalty. However the relationship wasn’t imply to be and Hasnat and Hadia acquired divorced after 18 months of marriage. He’s at the moment married to his second spouse, Somi Sohail. They tied the knot someday round 2017.
