Pakistani surgeon details romance with Diana: inquest

A Pakistani surgeon who had a two-year romance with Princess Diana revealed details of their relationship Monday, including how she disguised herself to avoid publicity.

In a written statement read out to the coroner's inquest into the death of Diana and her last boyfriend Dodi Fayed, heart surgeon Hasnat Khan -- who the princess once considered marrying -- said she was very flirtatious.

Khan, who met Diana in August or September 1995, told how it was the princess who broke off their relationship after returning to London from a holiday with Mohamed Al-Fayed and his family.

He thought she had "met someone else from the Mohamed Al-Fayed contingent," because "Diana was not her normal self", he said, adding: "I did not know who it was. It could have been a bodyguard or anyone."

"At a second meeting, she said it was all over between us, but she denied there was anyone else," he said, adding: "I was surprised when she said there was no-one else."