Princess Diana had left a mark in each and everyone who had known her during her short life. She was a kindergarten school assistant that had a chance to meet and fell in love with a prince and future King of England, just like in fairy tales.
People kept their eyes on her during and even after her marriage with Prince Charles simply because she is the wife of the future King of England. And while the Princess of Wales tried to be the best mother she can be to her two royal sons, she has also tried to find happiness and love just like ordinary people do.
Among those lucky guys who got the chance to be close and nearly intimate with the "people's princess" were James Hewitt, James Gilbey, Oliver Hoare, Hasnat Khan and Dodi Al Fayed between the crucial years of her marriage with Prince Charles until her death in 1997. Starting with the alleged father of Prince Harry but was then proven to be just a malicious rumor was former British Army cavalry officer James Hewitt, who was her riding instructor.
Because of a highly publicized royal life and the scandals attached to it, reporters did not fail to document unusual things such as affairs and hidden relationships. The closeness of Princess Diana and James Hewitt became an item when Prince Charles was rumored to have been already starting an affair of his own with Camilla Parker Bowles.
The alleged relationship with Hewitt lasted for five years, and the relationship was described by a source close to Princess Diana that it had been "good" for her due to the circumstances of her marriage. Afterward, more scandal circulated within the walls of Windsor Palace when a taped recording exposed an affair with a long-time friend James Gilbey.
Princess Diana also liked Oliver Hoare, an art dealer and a close friend of Prince Charles, but her friends already gave a warning call in regards to Hoare and his ways. The royal also dated heart surgeon Hasnat Khan and thought she liked him a lot because of his interesting profession.
But despite being linked to a lot of notably deserving men, Princess Diana was just having fun, even with the last guy she was with until that fateful night of death. Some source close to the Princess of Wales firmly believed that Dodi Al Fayed was just another "summer fling" even though they were often described as "star-crossed lovers."
Some documentary source still wanted to claim that Princess Diana never got the chance to fully recover and move on from her failed marriage with Prince Charles. And allegedly the friends of the former royal couple were witnesses on how the deceased royal never saw someone who can equal or surpass her feelings for Prince Charles.
Petronella Wyatt spoke of meeting Princess Diana for dinner with Kerry Packer, the Australian tycoon and narrates how the Princess of Wales were in a happy disposition at that time. It was then that they found out the reasons for her happiness: her two boys and her new-found friendship with Prince Charles.
At one point, Princess Diana was asked what she would do if she could live her life over again, and she said, laughingly, "Redo my marriage." From then on, some people close to the Princess of Wales never really thought she had loved more than how she had loved the father of her children, even until her dying days.
