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| Diana relationship 'already over' | Diana relationship 'already over' |
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| Princess Diana's relationship with Dodi Al Fayed finished a few weeks before their fatal crash, one of her friends has told the inquest into her death. | |
| Rodney Turner, a supplier of luxury cars, said Diana told him not to "fuss" as they had stopped seeing each other. | Rodney Turner, a supplier of luxury cars, said Diana told him not to "fuss" as they had stopped seeing each other. |
| Mr Turner, whose son attended Eton College where Princes William and Harry also studied, said the princess's revelation had come as "a shock". | |
| Diana and Mr Al Fayed died after a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. | Diana and Mr Al Fayed died after a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997. |
| 'Wonderful time' | |
| Mr Turner, an HR Owen director, struck up a friendship with the princess after he started supplying her with BMW cars in 1995. | Mr Turner, an HR Owen director, struck up a friendship with the princess after he started supplying her with BMW cars in 1995. |
| Asked about Diana's relationship, Mr Turner told the High Court in London: "What she said to me was that it was all over, which was really a shock for me." | |
| He said the princess told him: "Don't fuss, don't fuss. It's all over. I've had a wonderful time." | He said the princess told him: "Don't fuss, don't fuss. It's all over. I've had a wonderful time." |
| If it's not the IRA, it's my husband Princess Diana, according to friend Rodney Turner | |
| Mr Turner's conversation with Diana took place in early August 1997, and later that same month she and Dodi were pictured on holiday together on a yacht. | |
| Michael Mansfield QC, counsel for Mr Al Fayed's father Mohamed, asked Mr Turner whether the princess was simply trying to avoid talking about the relationship because she knew he did not approve of it. | |
| "You could be absolutely right," the witness replied. | |
| Mr Turner said Diana had never told him "she was intending to get married to one particular person". | |
| He said the princess was "very happy and extremely positive" in the period before her death. | |
| Former boyfriend | |
| In 1993, Diana wrote a letter to her butler Paul Burrell saying she believed the Prince of Wales wanted her dead. | |
| When he was asked about it, Mr Turner said: "Standing here today, what I find absolutely amazing is the letter that Paul Burrell produced (that) was a bombshell to all of us and it was something she never discussed." | |
| He said Diana once joked about the potential threat to the Royal Family posed by the IRA, saying: "If it's not the IRA, it's my husband." | |
| It was reported on Monday that Diana's former boyfriend, heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, would give evidence at the inquest. | |
| But a spokesman for the hearing would not confirm whether he would be called. | |
| Mr Khan has never publicly discussed their relationship. |