It is July 1997.Princess Diana, 36, and her sons Prince William, 15, and Prince Harry, 12, holidays in a villa on the Côte d’Azur.This was made possible by the owner of the London luxury department store "Harrods", Mohammed al-Fayed, 68.He has been changing Diana with gifts and attention for years, she has invited several times - without success.But it is different this summer.Through amenities such as strict security precautions, own staff and a yacht called Jonically, the holiday option was irresistible for the princess, ex-butler Paul Burrell (today 62) writes in his book "In the service of my queen".And Al-Fayed Senior had something else for Diana: he ordered without her knowledge, his son to southern France.And so cross on 15.July 1997 for the first time the paths of Dodi al-Fayed, 42, and the princess of Wales.
Is Princess Diana only a means to an end?
Royal-Expert: Inside, Mohammed al-Fayed wants to get an entrance into the British high society and the royal family via Diana.That Dodi intends on 9.August US model Kelly Fisher, 30, to get married in Los Angeles, does not take care of the senior in his plan.On the contrary: in the course of a court hearing in 2007/2008, he will testify to Dianas and Dodi's death that Fisher was a "Gold Digger", a gold digger,
Burrell noted in his book that Diana called him from vacation up to eight times a day.Details about Dodi, if you have come up, he keeps to himself.However, he reveals that the princess was happy to be back home when she returned to London.When asked how it was on the Côte d’Azur, she replied: "Wonderful.One was a great, normal vacation."
But it was more than that for the public.Far more.
Rumors for love about Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed
"In that summer I have a certain disadvantage when reading the tabloid press, because two names dominated all headlines - diana and dodi.I encountered the claims of the journalists just as skeptically, that was 'the first serious relationship of the princess since her divorce'.Such a thought was just absurd, "said Paul Burrell in his book.Diana just got to know Dodi and never in a hurry to commit himself to a man.Trust the princess, like himself, also knew that it was not Dodi, but another man, the princess's first love was after Prince Charles.Burrell does not name the name, he is still known: Dr.Hasnat Khan.Diana was in a relationship with the heart surgeon from 1995 to 1997.
The fronts are clarified
In der letzten Juliwoche 1997 soll Diana laut Burrell aus Vernunft beschlossen haben, "einen Schlussstrich unter ihre bisherige Verbindung [zuHasnat Khan] zu ziehen".As the press reports later, the doctor does not want to expose himself to the media hype as a man alongside Diana.Dodi also ensures clear conditions with his girlfriend Kelly Fisher.
A second time, from 31.July to 4.August, go on vacation and the businessman.This time alone.Back on the yacht jonical, this time she drives from Corsica to Sardinia.Diana regularly calls Burrell on the phone again.In one of the phone calls, she tells him that Dodi made her a declaration of love.The butler wants to know what Diana replied: "I said: 'Thanks for the compliment'".Burrell claims that it was too early for her at the time for profound emotional expressions at the time.She is said to have said to a possible wedding: "I would like a new marriage like a rash."
What Diana does not know: Kelly Fisher, Dodis still fiancee, is not far away.She is housed on a second yacht of the Al-Fayed family.Dodi secretly passes sex at night, Fisher will later say.In a recording of the last call with Dodi, which in 2008 entered into the process in the process in the process of the deadly accident in Paris, Fisher even claims that Diana had not liked Diana.
More appearance than being?"Dodi was not 'one' for Diana"
On 7.August 1997 The first kiss photo of Diana and Dodi appears on the front page of the British newspapers "Sunday Mirror".The media spectacle knows no more limits.The two are in love, they are agreed.Burrell acknowledges that Diana found the essence of Dodi "engaging and enchanted by his charm and was infected by his romantic enthusiasm."So Dodi is said to have spared no costs and efforts to impress the 36-year-old: he gets a helicopter to fly around her, spontaneously invites you to Paris for dinner and gives her a golden clock bordered by diamonds.Nevertheless, Paul Burrell emphasizes: "It is wrong and therefore does not do justice to the prince's memory if you let the world believe that the princess has decided that the one was 'one'.
The same opinion is Michael Gibbins, the ex-private secretary of Diana.In an interview with "The Sun" he says in 2017: "I think that she only had a nice summer at the expense of another to be honest.If the summer had been over, everything would have dissolved."To the claim of Mohammed al-Fayed, it was planned to have a wedding, he says:" Absolutely not.I don't just think so for a second."
Heute vor 24 JahrenPrinzessin Diana hatte nicht geplant, an ihrem Todestag in Paris zu sein The end comes in the "Pont de l'Alma" tunnel in Paris
Because a friend cancel a vacation together because of a death, Princess Diana plans and flies on 21.August to Nice.There she is picked up by Dodi.The goal, again: the love yacht jerical that lies in front of Sardinia.On 30.August the princess wants to be back home in London.The day after, the return of Prince William and Prince Harry from vacation with Prince Charles awaits you.She is happy to finally see her sons again.But it is different.Dodi has to go to Paris and want Diana accompanies him."Apparently she didn't want to go along, but Dodi had been able to persuade her again," writes Paul Burrell in his book "In the Service of my Queen".On 31.August 1997, the couple's car accidentally accidentally escaped from paparazzi.
Used source: In the service of my queen "by Paul Burrell, complete paperback edition published in 2004 in the Knaur Taschenbuch Verlagjre Gala
