A Complete Timeline of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed's Relationship

During the summer of 1997, Diana and Dodi had a brief love affair before their untimely deaths.

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The funny thing is that everyone focuses on the crash," Abdalla told Town & Country. "And strangely,

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miss is this fabulous summer that Dodi and Diana had with each other

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From an acting perspective, that's the real challenge—and that's also been the real joy to explore.

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They're falling in love, but you know what happened afterwards

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You look at the images of Diana at that time, and she was really happy

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