Hasnat Khan

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Hasnat Khan
Born

Hasnat Ahmad Khan

April 1959 (age 55)
Jhelum, Pakistan

Residence

Basildon

Nationality

British

Alma mater

Imperial College School of Medicine

Occupation

Heart and lung surgeon

Religion

Islam

Spouse(s)

Hadia Sher Ali (2006-2008)

Parents

Rashid Khan,[1] Naheed Khan[2]

Hasnat Ahmad Khan, FRCS (born 1 April 1959) is a British heart and lung surgeon.
Contents
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1 Early life and education

2 Career

3 Marriage

4 In Media

5 References

6 External links

Early life and education[edit]

Khan was born on 1 April 1959 in an affluent Pathan family from Jhelum, Punjab in Pakistan.[1][3]
[4]
He is the eldest of four children.[1] His father, Rashid Khan, a graduate of the London School
of Economics, ran a prosperous glass factory.[5] Hasnat Khan is a distant cousin of Imran Khan.
[6]

Career[edit]
Until 1991 he worked in Sydney, Australia and then began to work in London.[7][8] He served
at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London from 1995 to 1996. Then he began to work at the
London Chest Hospital. In 2000, he worked at St Barts hospital. Then he served at Harefield
Hospital. In November 2007, he resigned from the post and began to head a cardiac hospital
in Malaysia.[9] As of August 2013, Khan is working as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon
at Basildon University hospital.[10]
Dr. Khan had a relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales. He has been widely identified as
her "ex-lover," and she is said to have described him as "Mr Wonderful." [11][12][13][14] In May 1996,
Diana visited the Khan family in Lahore.[15][16] According to Diana's butler Paul Burrell, the
relationship was ended by the Princess in June 1997.[16][17]
Diana's friends are reported to have described Khan as the 'love of her life' and to have spoken
of her distress when he ended their relationship. [5] He, however, is said to be reticent about
speaking of how much he may have meant to her or even how much she meant to him. [18] Khan
attended the funeral ceremony of Princess Diana at Westminister Abbey in September 1997.[9]
[19]

The heart surgeon told the police in 2004 that he doubted she had been pregnant when she
died because she always took her contraceptive pills.[20] In March 2008, Khan said in a written
statement to Lord Justice Scott Baker's inquest into Diana's death that their relationship had
begun in the late summer of 1995, and that although they had talked about getting married he
believed that he would find the inevitable media attention "hell." He also said that he believed
that the car crash which caused Diana's death was a "tragic accident." [21]

Marriage[edit]
Khan married 28-year-old Hadia Sher Ali in Pakistan in May 2006. [22][23] Ali is a Pakistani
descendant from former Afghan royalty.[18]
In July 2008, Khan and Ali filed an application for divorce in the local arbitration
council of Islamabad.[18]

In Media[edit]
The relationship between Khan and the Princess is portrayed in the 2013 film Diana from
director Oliver Hirschbiegel.[24] Khan is depicted by Naveen Andrews in the 2013 film while the
character of Diana is played by Naomi Watts.[24]

References[edit]
1.

2.
3.

^ Jump up to:a b c Brown, Tina (1 July 2007). "Diana's Final Heartbreak". Vanity Fair.
p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
Jump up^ Diana(2013)
Jump up^ Luchina Fishe (31 July 2013). "Report: Princess Di Wanted to Marry
Again".ABC News. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

4.

Jump up^ Timur Moon, "Dis doctor finds a doctor in Lahore", The Telegraph,
Calcutta, 19 May 2003, Retrieved 25 August 2008.

5.

^ Jump up to:a b Ansari, Massoud; Alderson, Andrew (16 January 2008). "Dr Hasnat
Khan: Princess Diana and me". Sunday Telegraph (London). Retrieved 25 August2008.

6.

Jump up^ "The Grandmother Prince George Never Knew: Revisiting Diana and
the True Love of Her Life". Vanity Fair. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

7.

Jump up^ Terry O'Hanlon; Rick Hewett (28 January 1996). "Diana's secret dinner
dates with dishy doc; Candlelit four-hour meal for two". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved1
June 2013.

8.

Jump up^ Davis, Simon (14 January 2008). "Diana's 'great love' Hasnat Khan
speaks out". News. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

9.

^ Jump up to:a b Roy, Amit (14 January 2008). "Diana doctors marriage on the
rocks". The Telegraph Calcutta. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

10.

Jump up^ Andrew Pulver (26 August 2013). "Princess Diana film 'got it completely
wrong' says former lover Hasnat Khan". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

11.

Jump up^ "Princess Diana's 'Mr Wonderful' Hasnat Khan Still Haunted by her
Death".Sky News. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.

12.

Jump up^ Truscott, Claire (14 January 2008). "Background to Dr Hasnat Khan and
Diana, Princess of Wales". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

13.

Jump up^ Khoshaba, Christy (31 July 2013). "Princess Diana: Mag details 'secret
romance' with Pakistani doctor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

14.

Jump up^ "Princess Diana's ex-lover Hasnat Khan to give evidence". Herald
Sun(Victoria, Australia). 9 January 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.

15.

Jump up^ Philipson, Alison (31 July 2013). "Princess Diana was 'madly in love'
with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan". The Telegraph.

16.

^ Jump up to:a b "Imran and Jemima Khan Welcomed Princess Diana In

Pakistan".Huffington Post. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

17.

Jump up^ Rayner, Gordon (16 January 2008). "Diana 'planned secret wedding to
Hasnat Khan'". Telegraph (London). Retrieved 24 August 2008.

18.

^ Jump up to:a b c "Diana's lover divorces wife", Times of India, 20 July 2008,
Retrieved 25 August 2008.

19.

Jump up^ Hunt, Liz (15 January 2008). "Was Hasnat Khan a victim of Diana after
all?".The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

20.

Jump up^ "Inquest jury hears statement from Princess Diana boyfriend Hasnat
Khan".NY Daily News (London). AP. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

21.

Jump up^ "Diana jury told of surgeon affair", BBC News, 3 March 2008, Retrieved
25 August 2008.

22.

Jump up^ Dean Rousewell, "Diana Doc Weds his New Love" The People, London,
14 May 2006, Retrieved 25 August 2008.

23.

Jump up^ "Princes Diana's former lover Hasnat Khan's marriage ends". dna. PTI.
13 January 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

24.

^ Jump up to:a b Peter Bradshaw (1 September 2013). "Film highlights of autumn

2013: from Diana to The Selfish Giant". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

External links[edit]

Geoffrey Levy and Richard Kay, "A very tragic affair: The true story of Princess Diana
and her heart surgeon lover", London Daily Mail, 22 December 2007, Retrieved 25 August
2008.
Categories:
1959 births

Living people

Pakistani cardiologists

Pashtun people

People from Jhelum

People from Lahore

English people of Pakistani descent

English expatriates in Pakistan

Diana, Princess of Wales