Annie Cardone relationship with Dodi Fayed, 25 years after crash killed Dodi and Princess Diana

Twenty-five years after the car accident that killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, former model Annie Cardone has revealed she once dated Dodi and recalls details of their first meeting.

Cardone, now a women’s rights activist, writes in her book Menopause WTH about how Dodi impressed her with his dance moves and soulful personality when they met at London’s Tramp club.

But she also claims his personality changed when he mixed cocaine with antidepressants, saying she quickly learned she wasn’t the only woman in his life.

“My friends joked that Diana had my cast-offs,” she jokes.

Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed on holiday in Saint Tropez, France in 1997

Mel C still on the record

Steven Bartlett of Dragons’ Den is feeling really distraught after a thief pocketed a computer hard drive from his podcast interview with Sporty Spice Mel C, right.

In his podcast The Diary of a CEO on YouTube, Steven, 30, said the theft was “heartbreaking” and that he “felt guilty” over losing Mel’s story.

Fortunately, one of his cameras had recorded the audio so the episode could eventually be aired.

But the thief will be out of luck, as Steven says, “We’ve taken many steps to make sure we never lose audio or footage again.”

Mel C attends the 18th Prince’s Trust Awards at the Theater Royal, London on May 24, 2022

Sherlock star Andrew Scott tells me he gets annoyed when people call die-hard fans of the hit BBC crime drama “creepy.”

Five years after Andrew, 45, played villain Moriarty, he says he still gets a lot of Sherlock-related fan mail.

But he adds: “Sports fans are never told they’re scary even if they’re dressed in their favorite things, so I don’t think it’s fair to say that about TV people.”

He stars in Amazon’s new medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy, so expect some good old Anglo-Saxon insults after this!