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Princess Diana movie is totally wrong about our romance says lover Dr Khan

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By: Giles SheldrickPublished: Mon, August 26, 2013

THE lover Princess Diana called “Mr Wonderful” last night panned a Hollywood film about their romance, dismissing it as “completely wrong”.

World-renowned cardiologist Hasnat Khan said he had been left sickened after watching a trailer for the blockbuster movie which is out later this year.

Dr Khan was Diana’s lover for two years before their relationship broke down shortly before her death alongside Dodi Fayed in 1997.

The film - simply called Diana - claims to chart her burgeoning romance with the heart surgeon.

But angry Dr Khan, 54, said: “I don’t see this movie doing at all well.

“It is based on gossip and Diana’s friends talking about a relationship that they didn’t know much about, and some of my relatives who didn’t know much about it either. It is based on hypotheses and gossip.”

The intensely-private surgeon shed fascinating new light on their brief relationship, saying the pair had discussed moving to his native Pakistan together.

He was left cold after seeing a still image of actors Naomi Watts and Naveen Andrews at the Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, where Dr Khan and Diana they first met.

He said: “I could tell immediately those were never our mannerisms at all, with my hands folded behind the back and all that.

“You could just tell from that picture that it is all just presumed about how we would behave with each other, and they have got it completely wrong.

“There wasn’t any hierarchy in our relationship. She wasn’t a princess and I wasn’t a doctor.

“We were friends, and normal people stand like friends with each other.

“That one still picture told me a lot about how they will portray things in the film and I can see it is wrong.”

 Single Dr Khan said the pair were so smitten with each other they talked about moving to Pakistan where he would set up a heart hospital and she would work with women’s charities.

Talking about the Princess’s early death he said: “There are a hundred could-have-beens.

“She could be living very happily and married and having more kids, with me or with someone else. It could have led in that direction.

“I try not to think about these things. I can’t change anything now.”

Every year, around the anniversary of his former lover’s death, Dr Khan retreats to Pakistan to escape reminders of the tragedy.

His relationship with Diana broke down just weeks before her death on August 31, 1997, with Dr Khan unable to commit to marriage and the intense media scrutiny leading the pair to call time.


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Colin Firth & Nicole Kidman begin filming 'The Railway Man' (ITV)

Colin Firth on the set of the film The Railway Man, at B'oness railway station in Falkirk. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire 

Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman have started shooting their new film, The Railway Man, in Falkirk in Scotland. The film, based on the book of the same name, tells the true story of Scottish soldier Eric Lomax, who was captured by the Japanese during the Second World War and sent to a Burmese jungle prison.

His book records the years of torture he endured when he was sent to work on the 'Death Railway' across Burma, and how he eventually tracked down one of his captors after the war was over and forgave him.


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Biography- Richard Armitage

 

 

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Date of Birth

22 August 1971, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Birth Name

Richard Crispin Armitage

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Mini Biography

Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.
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Trade Mark
His baritone voice

Trivia
To get into character as Lee, his role in "Cold Feet" (1997), he took up aqua aerobics.
He plays the cello, guitar, and flute.
His parents are John, an engineer, and Margaret, a secretary. Coincidentally, he played the character John Thornton in 'North & South', and his love interest was Margaret Hale.
At 17, joined a circus in Budapest for six weeks to get his Equity card.
Previous jobs include packing boxes in a warehouse, worked at a laser gun place and took front-of-house jobs in the theatre but continued to go to drama classes.
Started acting career in musical theatre.
At age 14, he persuaded his parents to send him to a vocational school in Coventry where he could develop his musical talents.
Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at age 28 for 18 months.
His older brother's name is Chris.

Personal Quotes

"I try to be quite a detailed actor. People were really picking up on that. Even if it was just a flicker of the eye or something, they got it."
"You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are."
"Live acting is a kind of adventure sport. I don't go abseiling or snowboarding, but I sometimes think that stepping out on stage can have the same kind of adrenaline rush."

Where Are They Now

(November 2004) Completed filming a two-part series called "Malice Aforethought" set in 1920s, where he is playing misogynist Bill Chatford.
(May 2006) Currently in Hungary, filming the BBC Drama, Robin Hood, where he's playing Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff of Nottingham's evil henchman.
(October 2006) He will appear in the BBC comedy, The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special 2006 as Harry, Geraldine's love interest. This will be the last two episodes of this popular series.
(December 2006) He has completed filming a detective fiction,"Gently's Last Case", in which he will play the character of Ricky, a Geordie biker.
(February 2007) Currently shooting Miss Marple and will then return to shooting Guy of Gisbourne in the second series of Robin Hood.
(February 2007) Shooting "Marie Lloyd" in the role of her first husband Percy Courtenay.
(April 2007) Currently shooting the second series of Robin Hood, reprising his role as Guy of Gisbourne.
(February 2008) He's shooting the 7th series of Spooks in London.
(March 2008) Currently shooting the 7th series of Spooks in London.
(July 2008) Currently shooting the third series of Robin Hood in Hungary.
(August 2008) Filming some scenes of Spooks Series 7 in Moscow.
(December 2008) Filming new Jimmy McGovern's project "Moving On" (working title) in Liverpool.
(April 2009) Filming series 8 of "Spooks" in London
(July 2009) Shooting series 8 of Spooks (MI5).
(August 2009) Shooting Sky1 6-part series "Strike Back" in South Africa.
(February 2010) Shooting Spooks 9.
(March 2011) In New Zealand filming the Hobbit - 1 and 2.

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