Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana's bf at the time of her death: Everything You Need to Know.
12-11-2022
By Aarti Rawat
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana and Egyptian-born film magnate Dodi Fayed perished in a Paris vehicle crash. In Netflix's The Crown's fifth season, their romance is front and center.
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Season 5's third episode, "Mou Mou," introduces Khalid Abdalla's Dodi. Dodi wants to succeed in the film as the son of billionaire Mohammed Al Fayed, who controlled Harrods and The Ritz Paris.
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Season 5 also depicts Princess Diana's (Elizabeth Debicki) messy divorce from Prince Charles (Dominic West). In Season 6, their paths will cross.
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After Diana took Prince William and Prince Harry to St. Tropez with his family, Diana and Dodi began dating. . The Crown's Erin Richards plays Fisher.
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Diana and Dodi's relationship timeline is below, including where they met and who Dodi was married to.
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According to The Independent, Diana met Dodi for the first time in 1986 during a polo tournament in which he played opposite her then-husband, Prince Charles. They did not reconnect until eleven years later.
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According to his Independent obituary, Dodi married model Suzanne Gregard that year. After eight months, they divorced.
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Before reuniting with Princess Diana, the film producer was allegedly engaged to model Kelly Fisher.
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However, the engagement was put off after Dodi began courting Diana during her 1997 summer vacation to St. Tropez with Prince William, Prince Harry, and their families.
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In August 1997, The Sunday Mirror released a paparazzi photo showing Diana and Dodi kissing and hugging.
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August 31, 1997: They die in a car crash. Mohammed's representative claimed Dodi and Diana were engaged when they died.