Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's iconic love boat is now on the backside of the Mediterranean Sea

• The yacht on which Princess Diana holidayed with Dodi Fayed is now on the backside of the ocean, per The Instances.
• The boat, named Cujo, sank after it collided with an unidentified object off the French Riviera.
• Cujo has modified fingers a number of occasions in recent times and was most lately owned by a rich Italian household.

The yacht the place Princess Diana spent a part of her final summer time with Dodi Fayed has sunk to the underside of the Mediterranean Sea.

The boat, named Cujo, sank on July 29 after colliding with an unidentified object off Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, The Instances reported.

The Gendarmerie des Alpes-Maritimes uploaded an announcement onto their Fb web page confirming that they responded to a misery name from a ship that was in hassle about 35 kilometers, or 22 miles, off the coast.

By the point the coast guards arrived on the scene, the yacht was already partially submerged.

“The distressed yacht is already beginning to sink from the entrance and the 7 shipwrecked are simply subsequent to it in a life raft,” the assertion stated. “The cabins of the yacht are already flooded, only some suitcases situated within the kitchen and on the deck might be retrieved.”

The Gendarmerie des Alpes-Maritimes added that they might stay within the space to watch air pollution as a result of the yacht sank with nearly 7,000 liters of diesel in its tanks.

When Insider reached out to the Gendarmerie des Alpes-Maritimes for direct affirmation of the boat’s id, the group informed Insider “to look through Google.”

Cujo made worldwide headlines in 1997 when Princess Diana was photographed onboard with its then-owner Fayed, per Robb Report.

That summer time, Princess Diana was additionally photographed onboard one other yacht owned by Fayed’s father, the Jonikal — which was subsequently renamed Sokar, per The Instances.

Mere weeks later, the 2 of them died in a automotive crash in Paris whereas attempting to flee the paparazzi.

Following their deaths, Cujo fell into disrepair and was decommissioned in 1999, per Robb Report. After a couple of years in storage, Fayed’s cousin, Moody Al-Fayed, spent over $1 million restoring the boat earlier than he offered it to a British automotive collector Simon Kidston for €160,000, or $175,400.

Kidston subsequently offered the boat to its present proprietor in 2021, he informed Robb Report.

“A younger member of a outstanding Italian enterprise household—he is 30 years outdated—had seen Cujoin Lavagna, fallen in love along with her and requested if she was on the market,” Kidston informed Robb Report.