Join this channel to get access to perks: null Diana, Princess of Wales left her unhappy marriage to Prince Charles in 1996. The following Summer, she began dating Dodi Al-Fayed - the son of Mohamed Al-Fayed - who owned Harrods department store in London and The Ritz Hotel in Paris. Dodi was known for his luxurious way of living. Diana met Mohamed Al-Fayed in 1986 at a polo match against Princes Charles. Eleven years later, Mohamed invited Diana and her children on board his yacht in St. Tropez. That is where their short love story began. The relationship between Diana and Dodi is shrouded in mystery. Conflicting accounts hinder the actual knowledge of how she felt. Was she falling in love, was she trying to make her former lover, Hasnat Khan, jealous?