In the summer of 1997, the world was captivated by the whirlwind romance between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. It was a relationship that blossomed against the backdrop of the Mediterranean, aboard the Fayed family's luxury yacht, the Jonikal.
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00:00 In the summer of 1997, the world was captivated by the whirlwind romance between Princess
00:06 Diana and Dodi Fayyad.
00:09 It was a relationship that blossomed against the backdrop of the Mediterranean, on board
00:13 the Fayyad family's luxurious yacht, the Jonacle.
00:17 Diana, having recently gone through a highly publicized divorce from Prince Charles, found
00:22 solace and companionship in the charismatic arms of Dodi Fayyad, the son of Egyptian billionaire
00:27 Mohamed Al Fayyad.
00:29 However, as fate would have it, their love story was tragically cut short on August 31,
00:35 1997, in a car crash in Paris.
00:39 The world mourned the loss of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayyad, whose promising relationship
00:44 was tragically snuffed out.
00:46 Amidst the speculation about Diana's love life, two other names surfaced in the media
00:51 - Teddy Forstmann, a wealthy American businessman, and Gullu Elvani, a prominent industrialist.
00:58 Forstmann had offered Diana a house in the Hamptons, the exclusive Long Island resort.
01:04 He possibly viewed Diana as the best choice to run for US presidency, according to Daily
01:10 Mail, while Elvani had invited the princess to join him and his family in his house in
01:15 Thailand.
01:17 According to Richard Kaye, friend of Diana, she considered a relationship with Fayyad
01:22 and with Elvani at the time until a fax arrived jokingly addressed to Princess Gullu.
01:28 After that, she made up her mind and the rest is history.
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