This was not a fleeting royal dalliance. For Diana, the man at the center of this storm was her “soulmate,” a “Mr. Wonderful” whose presence gave her a reason to smile at age 35, long after the embers of her marriage to Prince Charles had turned to ash.
An Electric Connection at the Royal Brompton
The setting was the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. The catalyst was a mutual friend, Joe Toffolo, who had undergone heart surgery. Toffolo’s wife, Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo—an Irish nun and acupuncturist who served as a spiritual confidante to the Princess—introduced Diana to the man who would become the love of her life: Dr. Hasnat Khan.
