Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee reveals his last words to her were 'It will not be ...

The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi revealed his last words to her were 'it will not be long' and that she initially thought his delay in returning from the Saudi consulate was because he was talking to staff.

Hatice Cengiz went to the Saudi consulate with the Washington Post writer and was left waiting for him outside as he was being brutally killed by a hit squad.

She now cannot leave her home in Istanbul without a bodyguard and is under surveillance, French magazine Paris Match reports.

The 59-year-old had gone into the consulate in Istanbul on October 2 last year to collect divorce papers for the couple's upcoming wedding.

Yesterday s Turkish police report suggested she too could have become a second victim of the killing if the killers knew she was waiting outside or if she had gone inside to find out why he had not returned.

Now Ms Cengiz says she is under surveillance and has to avoid crowded areas of her home city of Istanbul and has to have a bodyguard whenever she leaves the house.

The 36-year-old told the Paris Match Mr Khashoggi did not know his life was in danger when he went to the consulate and only feared his passport might be taken by the Saudis.

She said: 'He did not know for a moment [he was under threat]. What he feared, however, was that if he went to the consulate, they would be confiscated his passport or he would be sent back to his home country. 

'For a journalist, it's precious. They could also have tried to send him back to Arabia, it was unlikely because it would have needed the agreement of the Turkish authorities.'

Mr Khashoggi first tried to use a scanned document to prove his divorce from his Saudi wife so he could marry Ms Cengiz, but was told he needed the official document and had to return to the consulate in Istanbul. 

Describing his first visit to the consulate, Ms Cengiz said: 'We found the address of the Saudi consulate and we took a taxi. There, I was not allowed to return. 

'But he was warmly welcomed by those present who knew him. They were happy to see him. 

'He came back after an hour saying that he would have to go back in a few days. He had warned that he had to go to London, but that he would return on October 2. At first, he was relieved.'  

The former government adviser who went into self-imposed exile in the United States in 2017 to avoid possible arrest and has been critical of some of the policies of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Riyadh's intervention in the war in Yemen after initially supporting the military action.

Since his exile he wrote columns in the Post criticising Saudi Arabia's policies towards Qatar and Canada, as well as the crackdown on the media and activists.

He said before he left the kingdom, the Saudi government banned him from Twitter 'when I cautioned against an overly enthusiastic embrace of then-President-elect Donald Trump'. 

Former Saudi newspaper editor, Mr Khashoggi lived in Washington DC, for more than a year after he said the Saudi authorities had told him to stop tweeting.  

US intelligence agencies believe the crown prince ordered an operation to kill Mr Khashoggi, but Riyadh has rejected accusations that the de facto ruler of the kingdom was involved. 

A Turkish police report publish in the local media, said investigators believe Mr Mr Khashoggi's dismembered body could have been carried from the consulate where he was murdered to the consul general's residence nearby where his remains were burnt.

Ms Cengiz said that as her fiance's remains have not been found she has been unable to grieve his death. 

She told Paris Match he thought he would not be long, but she started to worry after an hour.

Describing his last words to her, she told the magazine: '[He said] "wait for me there. It will not be long". 

'An hour later, I started to worry. But I thought maybe he was talking to them, thanking them...He looked so happy.