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Diana, Dodi Split Before Crash, Friend Tells Inquest

Posted Jan 7, 08 3:48 CST in Arts & Living,  World 

(Newser) – Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed had already broken up when they were killed in a car crash, a family friend of Diana's told the inquest into her death today. When Rodney Turner objected to the relationship weeks before the accident, he says, Diana told him, "Don't fuss, don't fuss. It's all over. I've had a wonderful time."

Turner also said Diana never told him of plans to marry Fayed, but he acknowledged she may have said otherwise to other friends. Heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, who had a romance with Diana and has been described as the "love of her life," may also testify before the 6-month-long inquest, the Guardian reports.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fayed, walk on a pontoon in the French Riviera resort of St. Tropez in this Aug. 22, 1997 file photo. The British inquest into the death of Princess Diana...   (Associated Press)
A wine glass from the couple's last evening together, and an engagement ring inside a pyramid, are part of the permanent shrine, dedicated to the late Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed, inside...   (Associated Press)
Handout photo by Jacques Langevin which was made available Thursday Oct. 11 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest being held in London, into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales showing Diana,...   (Associated Press)
Princess Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed may have ended before her death, according to a friend.   (Getty Images (by Event))
Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed, pictured on security footage the day they died in a car accident in Paris, had already broken up, a friend told the inquest into the deaths today.   (Getty Images)
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