However, before he comes back into the fray later in the season, the show\u2019s plot first examines Diana\u2019s other famous partner following her marriage with Charles: Dr Hasnat Khan.<\/p>\n
Khan appears in the season\u2019s seventh episode, called No Woman\u2019s Land, with his storyline coming at the same time when Martin Bashir is trying to secure the infamous Panorama interview<\/a> with the Princess.<\/p>\n But just who is Dr Hasnat Khan and who plays him in The Crown season 5? Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n Dr Hasnat Khan is a British-Pakistani heart surgeon who met Princess Diana when she visited the Royal Brompton hospital in 1995. She was there with her friend Oonagh Toffolo, whose husband Joseph was recovering from heart surgery.<\/p>\n The Guardian<\/a> reported that after first meeting him, Diana returned to the hospital almost every day for three weeks to pursue him before they began a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n The relationship was kept a secret but grew quickly. According to The Guardian, the Princess asked her butler Paul Burrell to find a priest who would marry her to Khan, who is Muslim, and that she had also introduced him to William and Harry and visited his parents\u2019 home in Pakistan.<\/p>\n The couple reportedly considered moving there, but Diana changed her mind, and after considering other countries to live in, they broke up in 1997. This was apparently due to Khan\u2019s reluctance to make their relationship public, fearing for how it would affect his ability to continue working.<\/p>\n In spite of this, sources close to the Princess before she died have said Khan was the real \u2018great love\u2019 of her life.<\/p>\n Diana\u2019s butler Burrell said<\/a>: \u201cThe love of her life was Hasnat, not Dodi, who died with her and who she\u2019d been in a relationship with for 30 days. I think if the accident hadn\u2019t happened, she\u2019d have rekindled her romance with Hasnat.<\/p>\n \u201cIt may not have led to marriage but would have given some happiness. She would have found happiness in other ways, in helping others and in her sons\u2019 marriages \u2013 and in their children.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr Hasnat Khan is played in The Crown season 5 by Pakistani actor and producer Humayun Saeed.<\/p>\n Saeed is known for appearing films such as Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2, which at one time was the highest grossing Pakistani film of all-time.<\/p>\n Saeed recently spoke about working with Diana star Elizabeth Debicki, telling GEO News<\/a>: \u201cIt was great working with Elizabeth. We had already interacted during our chemistry reading online before we met again on set in the UK.<\/p>\n \u201cI was a bit nervous about being on a new project and working with a new team and she [Elizabeth] sensed that and told me that she feels the same at the start of a new project. That really helped!\u201d<\/p> In The Crown season 5, just as in reality, Diana meets Khan when she visits the hospital with her friend Oonagh, whose husband is having surgery.<\/p>\n Diana seems immediately taken with Khan, telling her friend that he is \u201cdishy\u201d and has \u201cgorgeous eyes\u201d. Diana then visits the hospital again on a number of occasions, with a nurse telling Khan she\u2019s been coming in \u201cmost days\u201d to visit and speak with the patients there.<\/p>\n Khan thanks her for what she\u2019s been doing, and then asks if she will meet him in an hour\u2019s time at midnight, when he will take his lunch break. He arrives late and offers her a bag of crisps, and the pair talk about his roots in Pakistan and Diana\u2019s own interest in the country.<\/p>\n They agree to go to the cinema, where they see Apollo 13 together, with Diana in disguise. That evening they have an intimate conversation, and when Diana asks for a kiss, Khan seems confused as to why she is attracted to him.<\/p>\n She says: \u201cYou forget I already had a prince. He broke my heart. I\u2019m just looking for a frog to make me happy.\u201d They then share a kiss.<\/p>\n The Crown seasons 1-5 are available now on Netflix<\/a>.\u00a0Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch? Visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. or more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 12:00 am The fifth season of The Crown introduces us to Dodi Fayed in episode 3, planting the seeds of his later relationship with Princess Diana. However, before he comes back into the fray later in the season, the show\u2019s plot first examines Diana\u2019s other famous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25577,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love.jpg",1440,960,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love.jpg",1440,960,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/who-is-dr-hasnat-khan-true-story-behind-dianas-great-love.jpg",1440,960,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 10 November 2022 at 12:00 am The fifth season of The Crown introduces us to Dodi Fayed in episode 3, planting the seeds of his later relationship with Princess Diana. 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