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Diana, Dodi Split Before Crash, Friend Tells Inquest

Princess described the affair as 'all over'

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 3:48 PM CST

(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,... Read full story »

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