Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

===Post-divorce===
After her divorce, Diana retained the double apartment on the north side of Kensington Palace that she had shared with Charles since the first year of their marriage; the apartment remained her home until her death the following year. She also moved her offices to Kensington Palace but was permitted "to use the state apartments at St James's Palace".<ref name="NYT-Divorce">{{cite news|title=Charles and Diana Agree on Divorce Terms|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/13/world/charles-and-diana-agree-on-divorce-terms.html|access-date=23 April 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 July 1996|first=Sarah|last=Lyall|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307140025/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/13/world/charles-and-diana-agree-on-divorce-terms.html|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=dnews1996>{{cite news|title=Royal Split|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvBHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1338,7802656&dq=prince+harry+of+wales|access-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=28 February 1996|agency=AP|location=London|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507154120/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SvBHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1338,7802656&dq=prince+harry+of+wales|url-status=live}}</ref> In a book published in 2003, Paul Burrell claimed Diana's private letters had revealed that her brother, Lord Spencer, had refused to allow her to live at Althorp, despite her request.<ref name="Charles-Spencer"/> The allegations were proven to be untrue as Spencer received legal apologies from different newspapers, including ''The Times'' in 2021, which admitted that "having considered his sister's safety, and in line with police advice, the Earl offered the Princess of Wales a number of properties including [[Wormleighton Manor]], the Spencer family's original ancestral home".<ref name="NZ-Herald-Althorp">{{Cite news|date=29 July 2021|title='Deprived Diana of a Home': Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer's legal victory|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/deprived-diana-of-a-home-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencers-legal-victory/FUVUMPHQ3LCOVPSXKYTMXPWQKE/|access-date=8 February 2023|website=The New Zealand Herald|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326035058/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/deprived-diana-of-a-home-princess-dianas-brother-charles-spencers-legal-victory/FUVUMPHQ3LCOVPSXKYTMXPWQKE/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he could not offer Garden House cottage on the Althorp estate to Diana as the home was intended for a member of staff.<ref name="NZ-Herald-Althorp"/>

Diana was also given an allowance to run her private office, which was responsible for her charity work and royal duties, but from September 1996 onwards she was required to pay her bills and "any expenditure" incurred by her or on her behalf.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/took-him-to-the-cleaners-prince-charles-strict-demand-in-princess-diana-divorce/4IQ6GWKN242QBZED6HPHNX3HKI/|title='Took him to the cleaners': Prince Charles' strict demand in Princess Diana divorce|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=15 July 2020|accessdate=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184933/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/took-him-to-the-cleaners-prince-charles-strict-demand-in-princess-diana-divorce/4IQ6GWKN242QBZED6HPHNX3HKI/|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, she continued to have access to the jewellery that she had received during her marriage, and was allowed to use the [[air transport of the British royal family and government]].<ref name="NYT-Divorce"/> Diana was also offered security by [[Metropolitan Police]]'s [[Royalty Protection Group]], which she benefitted from while travelling with her sons, but had refused it in the final years of her life, in an attempt to distance herself from the royal family.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/monarchy|title=We could have saved Diana, former Met chief tells inquest|work=The Guardian|first=Louise|last=Radnofsky|date=17 January 2008|accessdate=4 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503080332/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/monarchy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-03-1997246026-story.html|title=Princess' death was avoidable, expert says Diana should have let Scotland Yard guard her, security consultant says|work=The Baltimore Sun|first=Robert A.|last=Erlandson|date=3 September 1997|accessdate=4 May 2021|archive-date=30 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330203947/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-03-1997246026-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After her death, it was revealed that Diana had been in discussion with Major's successor, [[Tony Blair]], about a special role that would provide a government platform for her campaigns and charities to make her capable of endorsing Britain's interests overseas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ambassador.html|title=Diana Was Set to Become Blair's Ambassador for Britain|work=BBC News|access-date=27 November 2020|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607034713/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/ambassador.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana retained close friendships with several celebrities, including [[Elton John]], [[Liza Minnelli]], [[George Michael]], [[Michael Jackson]], and [[Gianni Versace]], whose [[Gianni Versace#Death|funeral]] she attended in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10340697/gianni-versace-funeral/ |title=Here's what Gianni Versace's funeral was really like |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |magazine=Town & Country |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803092515/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a10340697/gianni-versace-funeral/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hills |first1=Megan C. |title=Princess Diana's celebrity friendship circle, from Sir Elton John to Grace Kelly |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/princess-diana-s-celebrity-friendship-circle-from-sir-elton-john-to-grace-kelly-a4498216.html |website=The Standard |date=15 July 2020 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206233318/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/princess-diana-s-celebrity-friendship-circle-from-sir-elton-john-to-grace-kelly-a4498216.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She dated the British-Pakistani heart surgeon [[Hasnat Khan]], who was called "the love of her life" by many of her closest friends after her death,<ref name="Hasnat-Rel">{{cite news |first1=Massoud |last1=Ansari |first2=Andrew |last2=Alderson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575413/Dr-Hasnat-Khan-Princess-Diana-and-me.html |title=Dr Hasnat Khan: Princess Diana and me |location=London |newspaper=Sunday Telegraph |date=16 January 2008 |access-date=25 August 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907054040/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575413/Dr-Hasnat-Khan-Princess-Diana-and-me.html |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352557/Imran-Khan-I-was-Dianas-go-between.html|title=Imran Khan: I was Diana's go-between|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Andrew|last=Alderson|date=13 August 2000|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620124044/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1352557/Imran-Khan-I-was-Dianas-go-between.html|archive-date=20 June 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572781/Diana-I-need-Dodi-marriage-like-a-rash.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1572781/Diana-I-need-Dodi-marriage-like-a-rash.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diana: 'I need Dodi marriage like a rash'|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=17 December 2007|access-date=3 March 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and she is said to have described him as "Mr. Wonderful".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1300401,00.html|title=Princess Diana's 'Mr Wonderful' Hasnat Khan Still Haunted by her Death|newspaper=Sky News|date=13 January 2008|access-date=25 August 2008|archive-date=8 February 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090208223137/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1300401,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Claire|last=Truscott|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|title=Background to Dr Hasnat Khan and Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Guardian|date=14 January 2008|access-date=5 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819171939/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|archive-date=19 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Khoshaba|first=Christy|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-princess-diana-secret-romance-hasnat-khan-20130731,0,7539372.story|title=Princess Diana: Mag details 'secret romance' with Pakistani doctor|work=Los Angeles Times|date=31 July 2013|access-date=5 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806013159/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-princess-diana-secret-romance-hasnat-khan-20130731,0,7539372.story|archive-date=6 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23025535-663,00.html|title=Princess Diana's ex-lover Hasnat Khan to give evidence|location=Victoria, Australia|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=9 January 2008|access-date=24 August 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208222758/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23025535-663,00.html|archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref> In May 1996, Diana visited Lahore upon invitation of [[Imran Khan]], a relative of Hasnat Khan, and visited the latter's family in secret.<ref name=hpost25may>{{cite news|title=Imran and Jemima Khan Welcomed Princess Diana In Pakistan|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/13/imran-and-jemima-khan-wel_n_72608.html|access-date=31 May 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011123123/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/13/imran-and-jemima-khan-wel_n_72608.html|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mad-Love"/> Khan was intensely private and the relationship was conducted in secrecy, with Diana lying to members of the press who questioned her about it. Their relationship lasted almost two years with differing accounts of who ended it.<ref name="Mad-Love">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/10213877/Princess-Diana-was-madly-in-love-with-heart-surgeon-Hasnat-Khan.html|title=Princess Diana was 'madly in love' with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan|work=The Telegraph|date=31 July 2013|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218061454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/10213877/Princess-Diana-was-madly-in-love-with-heart-surgeon-Hasnat-Khan.html|archive-date=18 February 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|title=The doctor and Diana|work=The Guardian|date=14 January 2008|access-date=10 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227091710/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/14/monarchy2|archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> She is said to have spoken of her distress when he ended their relationship.<ref name="Hasnat-Rel"/> However, according to Khan's testimony at the inquest into her death, it was Diana who ended their relationship in the summer of 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasnat Khan Tells Diana Inquest They Enjoyed "Normal" Sex Life, Says She Ended Affair|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/03/hasnat-khan-tells-diana-i_n_89618.html|access-date=28 May 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=25 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213020035/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/03/hasnat-khan-tells-diana-i_n_89618.html|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Burrell also said the relationship was ended by Diana in July 1997.<ref name="Burrell-Hasnat">{{cite news|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/ndiana514.xml|title=Diana 'planned secret wedding to Hasnat Khan'|location=London|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 January 2008|access-date=24 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619185834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575514/Diana-%27planned-secret-wedding-to-Hasnat-Khan%27.html|archive-date=19 June 2008|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Burrell also claimed that Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, disapproved of her daughter's relationship with a Muslim man.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farouky|first=Jumana|title=Diana's Butler Tells Some Secrets|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703424,00.html|access-date=19 October 2017|newspaper=Time|date=14 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826043951/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703424,00.html|archive-date=26 August 2013}}</ref> By the time of Diana's death in 1997, she had not spoken to her mother in four months.<ref name="Frances-Comments">{{cite news|last=Milmo|first=Cahal|title=Diana did not talk to me in final months, admits her mother|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 October 2002|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/diana-did-not-talk-to-me-in-final-months-admits-her-mother-141065.html|access-date=24 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021537/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/diana-did-not-talk-to-me-in-final-months-admits-her-mother-141065.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2357735.stm|title=Diana's 'rift' with mother|work=BBC News|date=24 October 2002|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121152819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2357735.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> By contrast, her relationship with her estranged stepmother had reportedly improved.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/21/countess-raine-spencer-stepmother-of-princess-diana-dies-aged-87|title=Countess Raine Spencer, stepmother of Princess Diana, dies aged 87|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Caroline|last=Davies|date=21 October 2016|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624091900/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/21/countess-raine-spencer-stepmother-of-princess-diana-dies-aged-87|archive-date=24 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/raine-spencer-dead-princess-dianas-step-mother-dies-after-short-illness-age-87-a7373966.html|title=Raine Spencer dead: Princess Diana's step-mother dies age 87|newspaper=The Independent|first=Tony|last=Jones|date=21 October 2016|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020230030/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/raine-spencer-dead-princess-dianas-step-mother-dies-after-short-illness-age-87-a7373966.html|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within a month, Diana began a relationship with [[Dodi Fayed]], the son of her summer host, [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]].<ref name="BBC-Bio-Div">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|title=The Life of Diana, Princess of Wales 1961–1997: Separation And Divorce|work=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202131756/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref> That summer, Diana had considered taking her sons on a holiday to [[the Hamptons]] on [[Long Island, New York]], but security officials had prevented it. After deciding against a trip to Thailand, she accepted Fayed's invitation to join his family in the south of France, where his compound and large security detail would not cause concern to the Royal Protection squad. Mohamed Al-Fayed bought the ''[[Sokar (yacht)|Jonikal]]'', a 60-metre multimillion-pound yacht on which to entertain Diana and her sons.<ref name="BBC-Bio-Div"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dodi 'ignored' protect Diana advice|url=http://metro.co.uk/2007/12/18/dodi-ignored-protect-diana-advice-47910/|access-date=11 October 2014|work=Metro (UK)|date=18 December 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018105228/http://metro.co.uk/2007/12/18/dodi-ignored-protect-diana-advice-47910/|archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=19 May 2010|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805|title=Two Ladies, Two Yachts, and a Billionaire|newspaper=Vanity Fair |location=New York|author=Dominick Dunne|access-date=11 October 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013012757/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/dunne200805|archive-date=13 October 2013|author-link=Dominick Dunne}}</ref> Tina Brown later claimed that Diana's romance with Fayed and her four-month relationship with [[Gulu Lalvani]] were a ploy "to inflame the true object of her affections, Hasnat Khan".<ref name="Brown-Mar22"/> In the years after her death, Burrell, journalist Richard Kay, and voice coach Stewart Pierce have claimed that Diana was also thinking about buying a property in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diana/princess-diana-planned-move-abroad-court-told-idUKL207706220071220|title=Princess Diana planned move abroad, court told|work=Reuters|first=Paul|last=Majendie|date=20 December 2007|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901225127/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-diana/princess-diana-planned-move-abroad-court-told-idUKL207706220071220|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128230&page=1|title=Butler: Diana Planned Move to Malibu|work=ABC News|date=29 October 2003|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901105322/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128230&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a36743629/princess-diana-wanted-california-move-harry-meghan/|title=Princess Diana Dreamed in Living in California Like Harry and Meghan|magazine=Marie Claire|date=17 June 2021|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901225127/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a36743629/princess-diana-wanted-california-move-harry-meghan/|url-status=live}}</ref>