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The fifth season of The Crown dives into Princess Diana's life as a single woman following her separation from Prince Charles. During that time, the Princess of Wales was romantically linked to a few different people , including art dealer Oliver Hoare and rugby star Will Carling. But only one man has been called the "love of her life"—British Pakistani surgeon Hasnat Khan, whom Diana dated from to Here's everything you need to know about Khan, who is portrayed by Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed in the Netflix royal drama.

He was raised in an upper middle class Muslim family, which is part of the Pathan tribe, an ethnic group native to a region in Afghanistan and Pakistan. When he dated Princess Diana, she visited his family in Pakistan in She also enjoyed the afternoon tea she had with my family. And I think she very much liked the Asian family's eccentric culture," Khan later recalled.

He also had an aunt and uncle who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, and often visited them.

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The husband of Princess Diana's friend, Oonagh Toffolo, was recovering from heart surgery at Royal Brompton—where Khan worked at the time. I first met Diana when I had occasion to speak to Mrs Toffolo, whose husband was required to stay in hospital for some time," Khan recalled. From what she had seen during her visits, Diana became very interested in the workings of the hospital.