Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed to play Diana's romantic interest in 'The Crown'

Dr. Hasnat Khan, whose role Saeed will essay, was a British-Pakistani heart surgeon who was in a relationship with Princess Diana from 1995-1997.

Los Angeles: Pakistani actor Humayun Saeed is reported to play the love interest of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fifth season of Netflix series 'The Crown'.

He has been cast as Dr. Hasnat Khan, a British-Pakistani heart surgeon who practiced at London's Royal Brompton Hospital, reports variety.com.

Khan's 2004 statement to the Metropolitan Police, which was submitted in 2008 to an inquest into Princess Diana's death, stated that he was in a relationship with her from 1995-1997 and that she broke up with him after she met Dodi Fayed at a holiday with Mohammed Al Fayed and his family.