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Diana jury told of surgeon affair Diana jury told of surgeon affair
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A heart surgeon who had a two-year relationship with Princess Diana has given evidence at her inquest. A heart surgeon has given his first detailed account of his two-year relationship with Princess Diana, and insisted it was Diana who ended it.
Hasnat Khan, 48, declined to appear in person, but said in a statement read to the jury the relationship began in 1995 after they met at a London hospital. In a statement read out at the inquest into her death, Hasnat Khan said Diana broke up with him following her holiday with Mohammed Al Fayed and his family.
He said he had often stayed at Kensington Palace and had met princes William and Harry. He said she had denied meeting anyone else but was not her "normal self".
The couple broke up in 1997, shortly before Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, alongside Dodi Al Fayed. The jury also heard he believed Diana's death in Paris in 1997 shortly after they split up was a "tragic accident".
The statement is understood to have been made to the Metropolitan Police in 2004, and is the first detailed account of the affair. Mr Khan, 48, declined to appear at the High Court in person or via video link from Pakistan, where he now lives.
Instead, a statement, understood to have been made to the Metropolitan Police in 2004, was read out to the jury.
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At their first meeting at the Royal Brompton Hospital, Mr Khan said Diana had been "down to earth" and "very flirtatious with everyone". They were told the princess's relationship with the surgeon began in 1995 after they met at London's Royal Brompton Hospital.
Mr Khan described one occasion when the couple were in a pub and Diana had wanted to order drinks at the bar because it was something she had never done. Mr Khan said Diana had been "down to earth" and "very flirtatious with everyone".
He described one occasion when the couple were in a pub and Diana had wanted to order drinks at the bar because it was something she had never done.
On another date, Diana wore a black wig on a visit to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, central London, he said.On another date, Diana wore a black wig on a visit to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, central London, he said.
The High Court jury heard the couple went on to have a normal sexual relationship and Mr Khan had "no reason to believe" Diana was ever unfaithful. The jury heard the couple went on to have a normal sexual relationship and Mr Khan had "no reason to believe" Diana was ever unfaithful.
Mr Khan said they had discussed the subject of marriage, but believed the press intrusion would make his life hell. He said he had often stayed at Kensington Palace and had met princes William and Harry.
Mr Khan said he and the princess had discussed the subject of marriage, but believed the press intrusion would make his life hell.
'Pakistan move''Pakistan move'
He said he would not be able to live a normal life and, if they ever had children together, he would never be able to take them anywhere.He said he would not be able to live a normal life and, if they ever had children together, he would never be able to take them anywhere.
The only way they could live anything near a normal life would be to move to his home country of Pakistan, where the press did not bother people, he told Diana.The only way they could live anything near a normal life would be to move to his home country of Pakistan, where the press did not bother people, he told Diana.
So she went to Pakistan and talked to Jemima Khan, then married to cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.So she went to Pakistan and talked to Jemima Khan, then married to cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.
"Later I got the impression she did not consider living there a possibility," said Mr Khan."Later I got the impression she did not consider living there a possibility," said Mr Khan.
At a second meeting, she said it was all over between us, but she denied there was anyone else Hasnat KhanAt a second meeting, she said it was all over between us, but she denied there was anyone else Hasnat Khan
The affair ended a few weeks before she died after a meeting in Battersea Park, in south London.The affair ended a few weeks before she died after a meeting in Battersea Park, in south London.
Mr Khan insisted it was Diana who had ended it. Mr Khan said after Diana returned from a holiday with Mohamed Al Fayed and his family he thought she had met someone else because Diana was "not her normal self".
He said after she returned from a holiday with Mohamed Al Fayed and his family he thought she had met someone else because Diana was "not her normal self".
"I did not know who it was. It could have been a bodyguard or anyone," he said."I did not know who it was. It could have been a bodyguard or anyone," he said.
"I was surprised when she said there was no-one else. At a second meeting, she said it was all over between us, but she denied there was anyone else.""I was surprised when she said there was no-one else. At a second meeting, she said it was all over between us, but she denied there was anyone else."
It was only when he heard news broadcasts that he learned about Diana's relationship with Mr Al Fayed's son, Dodi.It was only when he heard news broadcasts that he learned about Diana's relationship with Mr Al Fayed's son, Dodi.
He said he believed Diana's death in a crash in the Pont d'Alma tunnel had been a "tragic accident". Dodi died alongside Diana in a car crash in the Pont d'Alma tunnel in Paris in August 1997.
The inquest continues.The inquest continues.