Imran Khan with princess Diana visited Lahore in 1996

The Princess visited Pakistan to raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital Lahore, which was being built by Imran Khan and spent her trip visiting sick children and attending fundraising events.

But the Princess also had a personal reason for the trip. At the time, she was dating heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, who was from Pakistan and a distant cousin of Imran’s. During her 1996 trip, Diana had tea with Dr Khan’s parents and Jemima later admitted that “Diana was madly in love with Hasnat Khan and wanted to marry him, even if that meant living in Pakistan.”