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PRINCESS Diana has connections to the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who is thought to have been murdered by Saudi Arabia, through her lover Dodi Fayed.

PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 05:50, Fri, Oct 19, 2018

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Early this month, Jamal Khashoggi's disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in order to get a document that proved that he was divorced.

Mr Khashoggi was planning on marrying his Turkish fiancé Hatice Cengiz.

Turkish authorities are saying that they have audio and video that proves that Mr Khashoggi was tortured, killed and dismembered by a 15 person team.

It’s now been revealed Princess Diana’s lover, Dodi Fayed is first cousin to the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Mr Fayed was born in Alexandria, Egypt to the former Harrods owner Mohammad Fayed.

His mother was Samira Khashoggi, the sister of the Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. Adnan was Jamal’s father.

Diana and Mr Fayed met in 1986 during a polo match at Windsor while Diana was still married to Prince Charles.

They later fell in love and in 1997 she was photographed kissing him.

Jamal Khashoggi was cousins with Diana's lover Dodi Fayed (Image: GETTY)

Adnan Khashoggi was Jamal Khashoggi's father and sister to Dodi Fayed's mother (Image: GETTY)

The pair died together in a car crash during that trip to Paris.

International pressure on Saudi Arabia following the disappearance of Mr Khashoggi is growing with allies around the world demanding answers.

However, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman denies any involvement or knowledge of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.

Mr Khashoggi’s fiancé wrote in the New York Times: “I saw reports about President Trump wanting to invite me to the White House.

Dodi Fayed was Princess Diana's lover and Jamal Khashoggi's cousin (Image: GETTY)

If he makes a genuine contribution to the efforts to reveal what happened inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that day, I will consider accepting his invitation

Hetice Cengiz

“If he makes a genuine contribution to the efforts to reveal what happened inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that day, I will consider accepting his invitation.”

Mr Khashoggi also has an unusual connection to the US President.

In 1987, Trump bought Adnan Khashoggi’s yacht for £22.8million.