Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, reportedly considered converting to Islam to marry her Muslim beau, a former photographer to the royal family Anwar Hussain has claimed.
In an interview with People magazine, Anwar said that Princess Diana had asked the photographer, who is Muslim, about interfaith marriage, in particular between a Muslim man and a Christian Protestant woman.
"She was interested because of what she was going through with [her then-boyfriend] Dr. Hasnat Khan. She didn't mention him, but she assumed I knew it. I think she was wondering how the family would react to him and things like that," Anwar said, adding that he himself is married to an English woman.
Following her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana infamously dated Pakistani heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan for two years. She visited Dr. Khan's family in Lahore in May of 1997 and had reportedly considered moving to Pakistan.
On her relationship with Dr. Hasnat Khan, royal biographer Judy Wade has said, "She had wanted to marry him. She had this vision that together they could bridge east and west, crossing creeds and continents. They could save lives and make it a better world."
The pair's relationship will be commemorated in the upcoming season of Netflix's 'The Crown.' Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed will star as Dr. Hasnat Khan.
Diana died just months after she parted ways with Dr. Hasnat Khan, when she started dating Dodi Al Fayed, who was also Muslim. Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in August of 1997, less than six months after her visit to Lahore.
In an interview with People magazine, Anwar said that Princess Diana had asked the photographer, who is Muslim, about interfaith marriage, in particular between a Muslim man and a Christian Protestant woman.
"She was interested because of what she was going through with [her then-boyfriend] Dr. Hasnat Khan. She didn't mention him, but she assumed I knew it. I think she was wondering how the family would react to him and things like that," Anwar said, adding that he himself is married to an English woman.
Following her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana infamously dated Pakistani heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan for two years. She visited Dr. Khan's family in Lahore in May of 1997 and had reportedly considered moving to Pakistan.
On her relationship with Dr. Hasnat Khan, royal biographer Judy Wade has said, "She had wanted to marry him. She had this vision that together they could bridge east and west, crossing creeds and continents. They could save lives and make it a better world."
The pair's relationship will be commemorated in the upcoming season of Netflix's 'The Crown.' Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed will star as Dr. Hasnat Khan.
Diana died just months after she parted ways with Dr. Hasnat Khan, when she started dating Dodi Al Fayed, who was also Muslim. Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in August of 1997, less than six months after her visit to Lahore.