Princess Diana Had a Fling with Dodi Fayed the Summer She Tragically Died. After Getting Divorced from Then-Prince Charles and Splitting from Boyfriend Hasnat Khan, Diana Was Single Heading into the Summer of 1997 — Until She Met Dodi, an Egyptian Filmmaker, Through His Father, Billionaire Businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. Diana and Dodi Were Dating for Only One Month When They Were Both Killed in a Car Accident in Paris in August 1997.