EMILY PRESCOTT: Jemima Khan keeps a place in her heart for her old friend Princess Diana

EMILY PRESCOTT: Jemima Khan holds a place in her heart for her old friend Princess Diana

They were close friends for years and Jemima Khan clearly has a place in her heart for Princess Diana.

Film writer Jemima pays a subtle and touching tribute to Diana in her latest film, a cross-cultural romcom entitled What’s Love Got To Do With It?.

Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that the princess appears in a framed photograph in an early scene.

The film is described by Jemima, 48, as a love letter to Pakistan, where she lived when she was married to the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

They were close friends for years and Jemima Khan clearly has a place in her heart for Princess Diana

They were close friends for years and Jemima Khan clearly has a place in her heart for Princess Diana

Film writer Jemima pays a subtle and touching tribute to Diana in her latest film, a cross-cultural romcom entitled What's Love Got To Do With It?.

Film writer Jemima pays a subtle and touching tribute to Diana in her latest film, a cross-cultural romcom entitled What’s Love Got To Do With It?.

Pictured Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone performed in a shocking pink feathered outfit that looked like she'd had an accident with a flamingo

Pictured Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone performed in a shocking pink feathered outfit that looked like she’d had an accident with a flamingo

During a screening in London last week, she modestly told friends, including Judge Rinder and television journalist Robert Peston: “Whenever my father saw a really hideous baby, he would say, ‘What a baby.’

“See, ‘What a…’ works to describe anything. You can say “What a film” – even if you don’t like it!’

Jemima was at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Friday alongside 64-year-old Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone, who showed up in a shocking pink feathered outfit that looked like she’d had an accident with a flamingo. Earlier in the week, the US actress wore a billowing, pale pink, high-neck gown that some cruel commentators dubbed “the jellyfish.”