To the rest of the world, the princess' new relationship was a bit of salacious monarchy gossip.

In usual royal fashion, no public statements were made regarding the late princess' relationship.

Comments were left mainly to anonymous inside sources and speculative media.

Princess Diana looks off to one side

“He chatted us up, chatted Mummy up.

His eyes plumping into red hearts.

He was cheeky, no doubt.

Dodi Fayed, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Diana on boat in San Tropez

But, again, nice enough.

He gave Mummy a present.

She seemed to like it.

mohamed al-fayed; princes william and phillip

She wore it a lot.

Then, he faded from my consciousness.

“Not boyfriend, not lover.

Nice enough bloke, I thought,” Harry wrote.

William has never publicly shared his opinions about Fayed.

“He has made a few mistakes of the past,” Burrell said of the queen’s husband.

“I cannot possibly think he would say that.”

“They cleared the decks.

He married his crocodile wife, and he is happy with that,” al-Fayed allegedly said.

Despite the grieving father’s emotional claims, the inquest’s jury placed no blame on the princes.