London: Adnan Ghalib, the on and off boyfriend of troubled pop superstar Britney Spears, has compared their relationship to Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, who died in a car crash Aug 31, 1997, in Paris.

Ghalib had dared to speak of his relationship with Spears just after a month, though he's not sure how long the relationship could last, thesun.co.uk reports.

He said that there are similarities between Spears and the late Princess Diana. When the fact about media attention was mentioned as a similarity between Spears and Diana during the interview, Ghalib added, "Or dating an Arab".