Diana’s eerie premonition before death

Princess Diana worried she would meet the same fate as murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace

When Princess Diana’s close friend Gianni Versace was murdered by a serial killer, the royal had an ominous feeling weeks before her own tragic death.

Princess Diana feared she would be killed after the murder of Gianni Versace, it’s been revealed.

The late royal was on a yacht in the Mediterranean with her lover Dodi Fayed when she received the tragic news.

The fashion designer was just 50 and at the top of his game when he was shot dead by serial killer Andrew Cunanan outside his Miami mansion in 1997 — having turned the Versace brand into a billion-dollar empire, reports The Sun.

Sting, Trudy Styler, Princess Diana and Elton John at the funeral of fashion designer Gianni Versace. Picture: AP
Sting, Trudy Styler, Princess Diana and Elton John at the funeral of fashion designer Gianni Versace. Picture: AP
Princess Diana famously posed on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar in a stunning Atelier Versace gown and attended Versace’s funeral — sitting beside Elton John, Sting, Karl Lagerfeld and Anna Wintour.

On the morning after her friend’s murder, Fayed’s bodyguard Lee Sansum found Diana on the yacht’s deck gazing out to sea, the Express reported.

According to the paper, she asked him: “Do you think they’ll do that to me?”

Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead in 1997. Picture: Supplied
Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead in 1997. Picture: Supplied

Andrew Cunananwent on a killing spree which ended after the death of Gianni Versace. Picture: Supplied
Andrew Cunananwent on a killing spree which ended after the death of Gianni Versace. Picture: Supplied
Diana also reportedly expressed concerns she would be killed in an establishment conspiracy.

“They will do it when I am in a small plane, in a car when I am driving, or in a helicopter,” she is said to have told her fashion designer friend Roberto Devorik.

Princess Diana with boyfriend Dodi Fayed in the South of France shortly before they both died in a car crash in Paris. Picture: Darren Lyons archives
Princess Diana with boyfriend Dodi Fayed in the South of France shortly before they both died in a car crash in Paris. Picture: Darren Lyons archives
Diana released a public statement following Versace’s murder, saying: “I am devastated by the loss of a great and talented man.”

Just seven weeks later, Diana and Fayed were killed in a car crash in Paris when she was just 36.

Princess Diana is seen leaving the Ritz Hotel in Paris on the night she died. Picture: Supplied
Princess Diana is seen leaving the Ritz Hotel in Paris on the night she died. Picture: Supplied

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