Diana Jury Hears From 'Love of Her Life'

LONDON, March 3, 2008 — -- Princess Diana's heart surgeonlover Hasnat Khan feared that marriage to one of the world'smost famous women "would be hell because of who she was", theinquest into her death was told on Monday.

"I knew I would not be able to lead a normal life," Khansaid in a highly personal statement to the inquest looking intothe deaths of Diana and Dodi al-Fayed in a high-speed Paris carcrash in August 1997.

Khan revealed that Diana decided to end their relationshipafter they had a two-year romance during which they were houndedby the media and he was sent hate mail.

"My main concern about us getting married was that my lifewould be hell because of who she was," Khan said. He feared that if they ever had children together "I wouldnever be able to take them anywhere or do normal things withthem."

Khan told Diana, who as the world's most photographed womanwas pursued everywhere by paparazzi, that he could not faceleading that sort of lifestyle, constantly in a media spotlight.

Khan felt the only way they could lead a normal lifetogether was to move to Pakistan, an option that she consideredfor a while but rejected.

Dodi's father, luxury department store Harrods owner Mohamedal-Fayed, alleges the couple were killed by British securityforces on the orders of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husbandand Diana's former father-in-law.

But Khan said he thought the couple were victims not of asinister British Establishment conspiracy but of a tragicaccident.

Khan said in his statement that Diana was "concerned abouther safety but was not paranoid about it".

The heart surgeon said media attention was not his onlyproblem in such a high-profile relationship.

"I did receive a lot of anonymous threats through the post.I have received envelopes containing cut-out pictures of metogether with a noose around my neck. This went on and on and itwas very stressful."

After Diana came back from a holiday aboard Mohamedal-Fayed's yacht in the south of France in the summer of 1997,"Diana told me it was all over between us," Khan said.