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| Diana 'rubbished' marriage rumour | Diana 'rubbished' marriage rumour |
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| Princess Diana said she needed marriage to Dodi Al Fayed "like a rash on my face", a friend has told her inquest. | Princess Diana said she needed marriage to Dodi Al Fayed "like a rash on my face", a friend has told her inquest. |
| Lady Annabel Goldsmith, 73, said the words were the last Diana ever said to her just days before her death. | Lady Annabel Goldsmith, 73, said the words were the last Diana ever said to her just days before her death. |
| She said Diana was having a "wonderful" time with Mr Al Fayed and felt "she had never been so spoiled". | She said Diana was having a "wonderful" time with Mr Al Fayed and felt "she had never been so spoiled". |
| But when Lady Annabel asked if she was planning an engagement, she said the princess replied: "I would need marriage like a rash on my face." | But when Lady Annabel asked if she was planning an engagement, she said the princess replied: "I would need marriage like a rash on my face." |
| Diana and Mr Al Fayed were killed along with their driver Henri Paul in a car crash in Paris in 1997. | Diana and Mr Al Fayed were killed along with their driver Henri Paul in a car crash in Paris in 1997. |
| 'Diana expression' | 'Diana expression' |
| Lady Annabel told the High Court inquest that she asked Diana about marriage when she came to stay with her. | Lady Annabel told the High Court inquest that she asked Diana about marriage when she came to stay with her. |
| She said: "It had been splashed all over the papers. I said to her laughably, 'You are not going to do anything silly are you?' | She said: "It had been splashed all over the papers. I said to her laughably, 'You are not going to do anything silly are you?' |
| "I meant, 'You are not going to do anything silly like rushing off and eloping or getting married,' and she said, 'I would need marriage like a rash on my face.' | "I meant, 'You are not going to do anything silly like rushing off and eloping or getting married,' and she said, 'I would need marriage like a rash on my face.' |
| I'm confident, on the face of it, that she would not have been [pregnant] Lady Annabel Goldsmith | I'm confident, on the face of it, that she would not have been [pregnant] Lady Annabel Goldsmith |
| "It was a very Diana expression." | "It was a very Diana expression." |
| When asked about the comment, Lady Annabel said: "She might have been having a wonderful time with him, I'm sure, but I thought her remark that she needed marriage like a rash meant that she was not serious about it." | |
| She said she was sure Mr Al Fayed was "a very nice fellow", but was concerned about how fast their relationship was moving. | |
| "I put it to her because I thought, 'Gosh, I'm reading all these lurid details about her and she is very impulsive,' and I didn't think she had known him long enough, but it was a jokey remark meaning, 'Are you serious or are you not?"' | |
| "I think I was just trying to find out what was on her mind and she answered in that one short sentence. | |
| "End of conversation. Last conversation ever," Lady Annabel said. | |
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| Lady Annabel said it was "impossible" that Diana could have been pregnant when she died. | Lady Annabel said it was "impossible" that Diana could have been pregnant when she died. |
| "There was a reason for that [belief]," she said, without elaborating. | "There was a reason for that [belief]," she said, without elaborating. |
| "I'm confident, on the face of it, that she would not have been [pregnant]." | "I'm confident, on the face of it, that she would not have been [pregnant]." |
| She also said the princess had been "in love" with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan and was "sad" about their break-up which had been some time before February 1996. | She also said the princess had been "in love" with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan and was "sad" about their break-up which had been some time before February 1996. |
| Lady Annabel said Diana kept changing her mobile phone number, probably because she wanted to avoid speaking to certain people. | |
| But she said the princess had never mentioned anything about believing her conversations were being bugged. | |
| The inquest continues. | The inquest continues. |