 Kit and Diana fell in love with each other that Christmas holiday, the relationship going as far as Kit considering proposing to her.However, his plans were interrupted by Guran, who came back to USA from Bangalla to tell Kit that his father was dying after being stabbed in the back by Rama Singh, leaving Kit with no other choice than leaving Diana and travelling back to his homeland to take over the mantle of the Phantom.Kit proposed to Diana in the Sunday strip of October 30, 1977, and she immediately accepted at that time.