Hasnat Khan seen publicly after memoir reveals Diana’s South Africa plans
Earl Spencer's memoir has revealed that his sister Princess Diana dreamed of moving to South Africa with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, seeking to escape the constraints of royal life. Diana referred to Khan as her "Mr Wonderful" and even explored employment opportunities for him at hospitals near Cape Town during a visit in March 1997. The relationship ended within months, and Diana later became romantically involved with Dodi Fayed, with whom she died in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997, aged 36.
Dr Khan, who was two years older than Diana, had met her whilst working as a heart surgeon at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, where they maintained a two-year relationship with discretion. Earl Spencer revealed in his memoir that Diana hoped Khan could secure a position at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, the institution where renowned surgeon Dr Christiaan Barnard had performed the world's first successful human heart transplant. Recent reports indicate Khan has moved to Pakistan, where he now serves as Dean of the Jinnah Institute of Cardiology in Lahore, and he was recently photographed at the inauguration of Pakistan's first heart transplant centre.
- Diana wanted to move to South Africa with heart surgeon lover
- Brother's memoir reveals her hidden escape plans from royal life
- Khan makes public appearance after the memoir's disclosures about them
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Dr Hasnat Khan was a heart surgeon at a London hospital who developed a relationship with Princess Diana in the mid-1990s. The two maintained their relationship privately for approximately two years before it ended.
Earl Spencer, Diana's brother, has recently published memoirs that disclose new details about his sister's hopes during that period. The book reveals Diana dreamed of moving to South Africa with Khan and even explored job opportunities for him at a hospital near Cape Town, with Diana apparently referring to Khan as her 'Mr Wonderful'.
Following the relationship's end, Diana subsequently became involved with Dodi Fayed, with whom she died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, aged 36. The newly published revelations provide fresh insight into Diana's private aspirations in the final years before her death.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Princess Diana’s ‘Mr Wonderful’ heart surgeon lover Hasnat Khan is seen for the first time since Earl Spencer’s book said she dreamed of a new life with him in South Africa”.