On August 31, 1997, it will be twenty-five years since Princess Lady Diana lost her life in a road accident in Paris. At the time of the events, she was with her lover Dodi Al-Fayed. The opportunity to take an interest in this man who shared his life for a few months.
Princes William and Harry would prefer August 31 to be erased from any calendar. On this date, they celebrate one more year without their beloved mother, who died in 1997 under the Alma bridge in Paris. At the time of the events, Henri Paul, director of security at the Ritz, alcoholic, was driving at full speed to outrun the paparazzi chasing Lady Diana. In his short pursuit, he lost control of the vehicle and him like Dodi Al-Fayed, the lover of the Princess of Wales, died instantly.
The bodyguard miraculously survived as Diana Spencer died of her injuries two hours after arriving at the hospital. If the journalists wanted so much to photograph Lady Di, it is because his budding relationship with Dodi Al-Fayed intrigued the entire planet. How had they met? How long was their story? Who was this man who made the princess’s heart beat faster?
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Dodi Al-Fayed and Lady Diana, a highly publicized short romance
Dodi and Diana met during of a polo match in Windsor in 1986. At this time, the mother of Princes William and Harry was still married to the heir to the throne while Dodi was engaged to Kelly Fisher. However, their relationship did not start when they met. It was during the summer of 1997 that Dodi invited Lady Diana and her sons to vacation on his yacht in the south of France. Shortly after, the princess and the son of billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed saw each other again, this time without the children of Diana Spencer. That’s whena photo in which the lovebirds were kissing has leaked on the Web and made headlines. Their holidays, however, extended to the Côte d’Azur, then to Sardinia, before the couple went to Paris, the city of their last trip. Lady Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed dated only a few months, but this short romance was steeped in controversy. The ex-partner of this businessman showed the prestigious ring that Dodi had given him before he lost himself in the arms of Lady Diana.
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