Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her lover Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the only occupant of the car who survived the accident.

Initial reports and findings concluded that the cause was a car crash occasioned by a chauffeur who had consumed too much alcohol and had lost control speeding whilst trying to evade press photographers. There was controversy about this finding, and Dodi's father Mohamed Al-Fayed spent several years attempting to obtain full disclosure and investigation. The police enquiry in France concluded that there was no evidence of conspiracy. The parallel inquiry in the UK, due to report in 2007, has indicated that some of Al-Fayed's questions may have a genuine basis for concern, and are therefore being examined seriously.

Contents 1 Circumstances 2 Subsequent events 3 Conspiracy theories 3.1 Was the driver incapable through drink or drugs? 3.2 Was Diana pregnant? 3.3 Was a white Fiat involved? 3.4 Was Diana wearing a seatbelt? 3.5 How long did it take to get to the hospital? 3.6 Was an optical weapon used to incapacitate? 3.7 Was the driver working for the French security services or MI6? 4 Funeral and public reaction 5 2004–2006 investigation 5.1 December 2006 revelations 6 References and footnotes 7 See also 8 Further reading 9 External links

[edit] Circumstances

Late in the evening of Saturday 30 August, The Princess and Fayed departed the Hôtel Ritz in Place Vendome, Paris, and sped along the north bank of the Seine. Shortly after midnight on 31 August at 12:25 a.m. their Mercedes-Benz S280 entered the underpass below the Place de l'Alma, travelling at high speed and followed by nine French photographers on various motorcycles.

At the entrance to the tunnel, their car lost control, swerved to the left of the two-lane carriageway and collided head-on with the thirteenth pillar supporting the roof, then spun to a stop. There was no guardrail between the pillars to prevent this. Two Americans visiting Paris heard the crash and ran to the scene. Joanna Luz and Tom Richardson, both of San Diego, told CNN they were walking along the Seine when they heard a bang and squealing tires under the bridge [1] (these eyewitnesses are not identified by Scotland Yard). Tom Richardson: "So I and another German man ran into the tunnel to see if we could help anybody get out of the car and a German at the car, at the scene, was starting to run towards us out of the tunnel like the car was about to explode, so we turned and ran out of the tunnel . . but 15 seconds later we turned around .. the paparazzi snapped up pictures". Joanna Luz: "It was a blue Mercedes and the airbag was on the passenger side, for sure, and the horn, right after the huge explosion there was a horn - for about two minutes and I think that was the driver up against the steering wheel... We were walking along the Seine River and we heard a huge explosion ..." [2]

As the casualties lay seriously injured or dead in their wrecked car, the photographers continued to take pictures. The critically injured Diana was reported to repeatedly murmur the words, "oh my God," and after the photographers were pushed away by emergency teams, the words, "leave me alone." ^[1]

Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul were both declared dead at the scene of the crash. Trevor Rees-Jones was severely injured, but later recovered. He was the only passenger wearing a seat belt.^[2] The other three people were not belted. Many have speculated that if Diana had worn a seat belt, her injuries would have been less severe. Diana was trapped in the wreckage for nearly an hour but the roof was cut off the car and she was eventually freed, alive, from the wreckage, and after some delay due to attempts to stabilize her at the scene, she was taken by ambulance to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, arriving there shortly after 2:00 a.m.^[3] Despite attempts to save her, her internal injuries were too extensive: her heart had been displaced from the left to the right side of the chest, which tore the pulmonary vein and the pericardium. Despite surgery, the damage was not reparable. Two hours later, at 4:00 that morning, the doctors pronounced her dead. At 5:30, her death was announced at a press conference held by a hospital doctor, Jean-Pierre Chevènement (France's Interior Minister), and Sir Michael Jay (Britain's ambassador to France).

Later that morning, Chevenement, together with Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister, Bernadette Chirac, the wife of the French President Jacques Chirac, and Bernard Kouchner, French Health Minister, visited the hospital room where Diana's body lay and paid their last respects. After their visits, the Anglican Archdeacon of France, Father Martin Draper, said commendatory prayers from the Book of Common Prayer.

At around 2:00 p.m. the Prince of Wales and Diana's two sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, arrived in Paris to collect Diana's body. They left with her body ninety minutes later.

[edit] Subsequent events

Initial media reports stated Diana's car had collided with the pillar at over 190 km/h (120 mph), and that the speedometer's needle had jammed at that position. It was later announced the car's actual speed on collision was about 95–110 km/h (60–70 mph), and that the speedometer had no needle as it was digital; this conflicts with the list of available equipment and features of the Mercedes-Benz W140 S-Class, which used a computer-controlled analogue speedometer, with no digital readout for speed. The car was certainly travelling much faster than the legal speed limit of 50 km/h (30 mph), and faster than was prudent for the Alma underpass. In 1999, a French investigation concluded the Mercedes had come into contact with another vehicle (a white Fiat Uno) in the tunnel. The driver of that vehicle has never come forward, and the vehicle itself has not been found.

The investigators concluded that the crash was an accident brought on by an intoxicated driver attempting to elude pursuing paparazzi at high speed.

In November 2003, Christian Martinez and Fabrice Chassery, the photographers who took photos of the casualties after the crash, and Jacques Langevin, who took photos as the couple left the Ritz Hotel, were cleared of breaching French privacy laws.^[4]

On 6 January 2004, seven years after her death, an inquest into the deaths of Diana and Dodi Al Fayed opened in London held by Michael Burgess, the coroner of The Queen's Household. The coroner asked the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens (now Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington), to make inquiries, in response to speculation (see below) that the deaths were not an accident. The Metropolitan Police team (operation name 'Paget') has yet to report its findings.

In January 2006, Sir John Stevens explained in an interview with the TV-Television GMTV that the case is substantially more multilayered than one thought. The Sunday Times wrote on 29 January 2006 that agents of the British secret-service were cross-examined, because they were in Paris at the time of the accident. It is suspected that these agents had exchanged the blood-test of the driver with another blood-test.^[5] and ^[6]

On 13 July 2006 the Italian magazine Chi published a photograph showing the Princess in her "last moments" despite an unofficial blackout on such photographs being published. The photograph was taken shortly after the crash, and shows the Princess slumped in the back seat while a paramedic attempts to fit an oxygen mask over her face. This photograph was also published in other Italian and Spanish magazines and newspapers.

The editor of Chi defended his decision by saying he published the photographs for the "simple reason that they haven't been seen before" and that he felt the images do not disrespect the memory of the Princess.^[7]

[edit] Conspiracy theories

Although the official investigation found Diana had died as a result of an accident, there are a significant number of conspiracy theories that she was asassinated.

[edit] Was the driver incapable through drink or drugs?

The French investigators' conclusion that Henri Paul was drunk was made largely on the basis of an analysis of blood samples, which were stated to contain an alcohol level that (according to Jay's September 1997 report) was three times the legal limit. This initial analysis was challenged by a British pathologist hired by the Fayeds; in response, French authorities carried out a third test, this time using the medically more conclusive fluid from the sclera (white of the eye), which confirmed the level of alcohol measured by blood and also showed Paul had been taking antidepressants.^[8]

The samples were also said to contain a level of carbon monoxide sufficiently high as to have prevented him from driving a car (or even from standing).^{[citation needed]} Some maintain this strongly indicates the samples were tampered with. No official DNA test has been carried out on the samples, and Henri Paul's family has not been allowed to commission independent tests on them.^{[citation needed]} It is claimed [3] that the level of alcohol reported to be have been found in Henri Paul's blood was not consistent with his sober demeanour, as captured on CCTV that evening.

The families of Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul have not accepted the French investigators' findings. In the Scottish courts, Mohamed Al-Fayed applied for an order directing there be a public inquiry and is to appeal against the denial of his application.^{[citation needed]} Fayed, for his part, stands by his belief that the Princess and his son were killed in an elaborate conspiracy, launched on the grounds that "racist" Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh abhorred the idea of his grandsons potentially having Muslim or half-Arab siblings.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2006, various news sources reported that the identity of the person to whom the blood samples belonged, had finally been ascertained, and that the samples belonged to a suicide victim. French forensic pathologist Dominique Lecomte is said to be facing an investigation over allegations of misleading the inquiry [4] [5]. Other sources stated that whilst there were such omissions and errors in the pathologists report, DNA samples confirm the owner of the blood samples with high alcohol levels was indeed the driver, who was therefore correctly said to be under the influence of alcohol [6].

On December 10, 2006, it was reported that DNA evidence concludes that the blood tested is indeed that of Henri Paul. The tests confirm that original post-mortem blood samples were from driver Henri Paul and that he had three times the French legal limit of alcohol in his blood, the BBC said, quoting from a documentary it will screen Sunday. (7)

[edit] Was Diana pregnant?

Other motivations which have been advanced for murder include suggestions Diana was pregnant with Dodi's child.^{[citation needed]} In January 2004, the former coroner of The Queen's Household, Dr. John Burton, said (in an interview with The Times) that he attended a post-mortem examination of the Princess's body at Fulham mortuary, where he personally examined her womb and found her not to be pregnant.

Later in 2004, US TV network CBS showed pictures of the crash scene showing an intact rear side and an intact centre section of the Mercedes, including one of an unbloodied Diana with no outward injuries, crouched on the rear floor of the vehicle with her back to the right passenger seat — the right rear car door is completely opened. The release of these pictures caused uproar in the UK, where it was widely felt that the privacy of the Princess was being infringed, and spurred another lawsuit by Mohammed Al-Fayed. 20 unknown pictures of the crash scene just after the accident should be archived by CBS. see also photo No.5

In October 2003, the Daily Mirror published a letter from Princess Diana in which, ten months before her death, she wrote about a possible plot to kill her by tampering with the brakes of her car. “This particular phase in my life is the most dangerous.” She said (name deleted) “is planning ‘an accident’ in my car, brake failure and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry”."^[9]

[edit] Was a white Fiat involved?

It has been said that the Mercedes may have been hit by a white Fiat which left paint on the larger car^{[citation needed]} and that all attempts to find such a Fiat have failed^{[citation needed]}.

In 2005, The Daily Express published an article claiming that the Mercedes had been stolen prior to the crash and altered to render the seat belts dysfunctional. This alteration had allegedly been carried out by the DST working in co-operation with MI5 and MI6. In this version of events, the car crash was then caused by a bright flash of light aimed at Henri Paul from a passing white Fiat Uno.

The underpass at the Place de l'Alma is known as an accident black spot; it only has limited visibility ahead in places and there are dangerous square-shaped pillars in the central reservation. It was reported that a brilliant white flash of light was seen at the entrance to the tunnel just before Diana's car entered it.^{[citation needed]} Believers in this theory think that this was the weapon that was used to blind the driver temporarily just before entering an accident black spot.

[edit] Was Diana wearing a seatbelt?

There was some media discussion in April 2006 suggesting that Diana was a faithful seat belt user,^{[citation needed]} and therefore the fact both of her and Dodi's belts either failed or were not used was sinister and may suggest sabotage.^{[citation needed]} Other sources question if she did in fact use her belt all the time, as suggested. [7]

[edit] How long did it take to get to the hospital?

The British tabloid, the Daily Express, has printed many articles relating to these conspiracies, leading to some sections of the British public dubbing this as 'Diana Monday' ^{[citation needed]}. The newspaper has raised the question of why the ambulance carrying Diana took 70 minutes to travel 3.7 miles to the hospital, passing two other hospitals on the way.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Was an optical weapon used to incapacitate?

Joe Vialls, internet journalist, conspiracy theorist, and private investigator, claims that it is likely that one of these weapons was used at the entry of pont de l'alma incapacitating the driver and causing the crash. In fact only three weeks after that fatal crash, he claims to have written to Mohammed Al-Fayed about a pulsed-strobe, "less than lethal" optical weapon. This letter was allegedly sent to London by registered mail on 22 September 1997, long before any "official" reasons or misleading suggestions about the crash were published by the media:-^[10]

When this LTL weapon fires, it pulses high-intensity brilliant white light at brain frequencies, inducing complete neural confusion for between two and five seconds. Line-of-sight exposure is overwhelming and renders the target completely incapable of meaningful brain function. Exposure at oblique angles causes moderate to severe mental confusion. If this LTL system was deployed at the tunnel entrance in order to trigger a lethal event, the two-ton mass of the Mercedes colliding with a solid concrete wall at sixty mph, would have ensured lethality due to the car's inertia, which could be accurately calculated in advance. Although pulsed-strobe LTL by its very nature leaves little hard evidence of its use, there are indicators which might be useful in determining whether or not it was deployed at the Paris tunnel." EQ.. Before going on to examine who might have the motive and means to orchestrate the event outside the London Ritz, it might be instructive to examine how the media pack reacted to this extraordinary optical weapon at the time. The BBC, obliged to transmit quite dangerous television footage of events at the Ritz, tried to blame it all on an over-abundance of flash guns: some had been waiting for many hours to catch a glimpse of the couple. Many were tourists, and others had merely stopped to see what was going on as they made their way home from pubs and restaurants. Such was the ferocity of the flash guns, the British Epilepsy Association urged broadcasters not to transmit more than five seconds of the strobe-like effects, fearing that it would spark photosensitive seizures in some sufferers.

He also claims that:

the "strobe-like effects" had already done considerably more damage than that. At one London TV station two editors became severely confused, and at another station, one editor became totally disorientated and collapsed across the control console. None of these personnel, or other who suffered lesser effects, had any history of epilepsy. Working rapidly behind the scenes, The Independent Television Commission in London took a much harder line than the BBC, swiftly circulating an urgent directive to all TV networks. The ITC warned that "the news footage [taken outside the London Ritz] appeared significantly to breach the ITC's guidelines on the use of flashing images," and called for subsequent broadcasts "to fall in line with the Commission's guidance notes." In accordance with this directive, later transmissions had the footage slowed down, a fact reported openly by television networks across the world including Australia's ABC and SBS. But despite the confusion, and the fact this was the first and only documented occasion on which television footage worldwide had to be slowed down to avoid neural damage, not one media outlet anywhere reported on the real reasons for this unique phenomena.(sic)

[edit] Was the driver working for the French security services or MI6?

Richard Tomlinson, a former MI6 agent claimed that Britain's Secret Intelligence Service was monitoring Princess Diana before her death,^{[citation needed]} that her driver on the night she died was an MI6 agent,^{[citation needed]} and that her death mirrored plans he saw in 1992 for the assassination of then President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević.^{[citation needed]} Tomlinson was arrested by French Authorities in July 2006^[11] as part of their inquiry into the death of Princess Diana and the police seized computer files and personal papers from his home in Cannes.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Funeral and public reaction

Diana's death was greeted with extraordinary public grief, and her funeral at Westminster Abbey on 6 September drew an estimated 3 million [8] mourners in London, as well as worldwide television coverage, which overshadowed the news of the death on the same day of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

More than one million bouquets were left at her London home, Kensington Palace, while at her family's estate of Althorp the public was asked to stop bringing flowers, as the volume of people and flowers in the surrounding roads was causing a threat to public safety.

The reaction of the Royal Family to the death of Diana caused unprecedented resentment and outcry (this, with the Queen's private discussions with Prime Minister Tony Blair, are depicted in the movie The Queen.). The Queen was in residence at Balmoral Castle. Her initial decision not to return to London or to more publicly mourn were much criticized at the time. The Royal Family's rigid adherence to protocol was interpreted by the public as a lack of compassion: the refusal of Buckingham Palace to fly the Royal Standard at half mast provoked angry headlines in newspapers. "Where is our Queen? Where is her Flag?" asked The Sun. The Palace's stance was one of Royal protocol - the Royal Standard never flies at half mast as it is the Sovereign's flag and the Sovereign never dies (the new Monarch immediately succeeds his or her predecessor). Instead the Union Flag was flown at half mast atop Buckingham Palace, as the Queen left for Westminster Abbey on the day of Diana's funeral.

The Queen, who returned to London from Balmoral, agreed to a television broadcast to the nation. At the urging of Downing Street, what was to be a recorded piece became a live broadcast, and the script was revised by Alastair Campbell to be more "human".^{[citation needed]}

Mourners cast flowers at the funeral procession for almost the entire length of its journey before and after the service, and vehicles even stopped on the opposite carriageway of the M1 as the cars passed on the route to Althorp. Outside Westminster Abbey crowds cheered the dozens of celebrities who filed inside, including singer Sir Elton John (who performed a re-written version of his song Candle in the Wind). The service was televised live throughout the world, and loudspeakers were placed outside so the crowds could hear the proceedings. Tradition was defied when the guests applauded the speech by Diana's brother, Lord Spencer, who strongly criticised the press and indirectly criticised the Royal Family for their treatment of her. [9]

In the midst of this "public outpouring of grief" many commentators and members of the public found themselves nonplussed by what they considered to be mawkish, sentimental and self-indulgent displays of insincere emotion. The writer Francis Wheen recalls: On that Sunday afternoon I was telephoned by a neighbour, a ferociously conservative columnist on the Daily Mail: “I can’t bear much more of this. Fancy a drink in the pub?” Disgust was also aroused through what was perceived by many as a hypocritical turnaround on the part of many sectors of the media, in particular the tabloid press, who had abruptly shifted from the portrayal of Diana as a promiscuous, manipulative bimbo to the depiction of Diana as a saintly martyr. When the satirical magazine Private Eye issued a mock editorial consisting of a retraction of previous negative statements made against Diana, the magazine found itself subjected to heavy criticism from the media that it had intended to criticise and was temporarily removed from the shelves of WH Smith and other newsagents. Defenders of the magazine argued that the parody had been directed towards the attitude of the media, and not the death itself.

Diana, Princess of Wales, is buried at Althorp in Northamptonshire on an island in the middle of a lake called the Round Oval. A visitors' centre is open during summer months, allowing visitors to see an exhibition about her and walk around the lake [10].

During the four weeks following her funeral, the overall suicide rate in England and Wales rose by 17%, compared with the average reported for that period in the four previous years. Researchers suggest that this was caused by the "identification" effect, as the greatest increase in suicides was by people most similar to Diana: women aged 25 to 44, whose suicide rate increased by over 45% [11].

In the years after her death, interest in the life of Diana has remained high, especially in the United States of America. Numerous manufacturers of collectables continue to produce Diana merchandise. Such items have drawn strong derision from certain quarters for their alleged kitsch value. Some even suggested making Diana a saint, stirring much controversy.

As a temporary memorial, the public co-opted the Flamme de Liberté (Flame of Liberty), a monument near the Alma Tunnel, and related to the French donation of the Statue of Liberty to the United States. The messages of condolence have since been removed, and its use as a Diana memorial has discontinued, though visitors visit and still leave messages at the site in her memory. The concrete wall at the edge of the tunnel is still used as an impromptu memorial for people to write their thoughts and feelings about Diana. A permanent memorial, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain was opened in Hyde Park in London on 6 July 2004, but it has been plagued with problems and has been closed twice for repairs.

In 1999, a little more than a year after her death, the journalist Christopher Hitchens made a comment about her while on a cruise ship. He stated that Diana "has in common with a minefield the following: relatively easy to lay but extremely difficult, expensive, and dangerous to get rid of." When there was a backlash concerning his quip he said that he "thought it was funny."

Diana was ranked third in the 2002 Great Britons poll sponsored by the BBC and voted for by the British public. In this poll, she was ranked just above Charles Darwin (4th), who changed the course of science through his theory of natural selection, William Shakespeare (5th), regarded by many as the greatest writer in the English language, and Isaac Newton (6th), widely held to be the most influential scientist in the history of humanity.

In 2003, Marvel Comics announced it was to publish a five-part series entitled Di Another Day (a reference to the James Bond film Die Another Day) featuring a resurrected Diana, Princess of Wales, as a mutant with superpowers, as part of Peter Milligan's satirical X-Statix title. Amidst considerable outcry, the idea was quickly dropped. Heliograph Incorporated produced a roleplaying game, Diana: Warrior Princess by Marcus L. Rowland about a fictionalised version of the twentieth century as it might be seen a thousand years from now. Artist Thomas Demand made a video, Tunnel, in 1999, that featured a trip through a cardboard mock-up of the tunnel in which Diana died.

After her death, the actor Kevin Costner, who had been introduced to the Princess by her former sister-in-law, Sarah, Duchess of York claimed he had been in negotiations with the divorced Princess to co-star in a sequel to the thriller film The Bodyguard, which starred Costner and Whitney Houston. Buckingham Palace dismissed Costner's claims as unfounded.

Actor George Clooney publicly lambasted several tabloids and paparazzi agencies following Diana's death. A few of the tabloids boycotted Clooney following the outburst, stating that he "owed a fair portion of his celebrity" to the tabloids and photo agencies in question.

[edit] 2004–2006 investigation

Lord Stevens, a former chief of the Metropolitan Police, has been heading a coroners' investigation into the circumstances of the death since early 2004.^[12] As of 2006 the inquiry has announced the finding of "new forensic evidence" and witnesses, ^[13] and commented that the case was "far more complex than any of us thought" and that some questions asked by al-Fayed were "right to be raised".^[14]

Amongst speculative findings which have been confirmed by the inquiry are that the driver of the car was employed by the French Secret Service.^[15] References have also been made to "evidence" which may substantiate doubts regarding the legitimacy of blood samples which formed pivotal evidence for the initial verdict of accidental death due to a drunk driver.^[16]

Reputable papers have speculated^[17] that a statement by Lord Stevens that people would be "very surprised" at the closely guarded findings, is a "deliberate attempt to prepare public opinion for some shocking conclusions". Definitive conclusions are expected to be announced in 2007.

[edit] December 2006 revelations

In December 2006, it was reported that the United States National Security Agency had been monitoring Diana's phone conversations (including those made on the night of the crash) without the permission of UK security services, but NSA officials deny that Diana was ever targeted in intelligence gathering.^[18] The NSA plays an integral role in operating the ECHELON intelligence gathering system. While the UK security servies do not have access to ECHELON, UK intelligence does and thus a request to wiretap entered into ECHELON by UK intelligence could be misread by UK security services as an NSA wiretap. The precedent for this sort of activity is both plentiful and unreliable, as the NSA is suspected to use a similar arrangement to wiretap US residents by way of UK intelligence through ECHELON.

On December 10, 2006, it was discovered (with new DNA evidence) that the driver of Diana's car, Henri Paul, was drunk when driving on the night of the crash^{[citation needed]}.

[12].

[edit] References and footnotes

1. ^ Special Report: Princess Diana, 1961-1997. TIME.com.
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/diana/59997.stm
3. ^ The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Part one of two. The Smoking Gun website. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. page 1
4. ^ John Henley (2003-11-29). Paparazzi at Diana crash site acquitted. Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
5. ^ Doubts cast over blood samples in Diana inquiry. The Sunday Times - Britain (2006-01-29).
6. ^ The Diana Investigation: What Lord Stevens Really Said. The Royalist (2006-01-30).
7. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5181226.stm
8. ^ The Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Part one of two. The Smoking Gun website. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. page 4
9. ^ Jane Kerr (2003-10-20). Diana letter sensation: "They will try to kill me". mirror.co.uk.
10. ^ http://www.vialls.com/diana/diana.html
11. ^ "Intelligence: NZ's Tomlinson Draws MI6 Wrath Again", New Zealand's INDEPENDENT NEWS MEDIA, 07|05.
12. ^ http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/diana-driver-was-secret-informer
13. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/31/ndiana31.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/31/ixuknews.html
14. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2014816,00.html
15. ^ "Scotland Yard sources disclosed last week [Feb 2006] that the French government had finally confirmed Paul’s employment by the DST during discussions last year... After Paul’s death French police discovered he controlled secret accounts containing more than £100,000 in 14 banks across France." http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/diana-driver-was-secret-informer]
16. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2014816,00.html
17. ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10366938
18. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/diane.eavesdropping.ap/index.html

• "Princess Diana dead after Paris car crash: Companion Dodi Fayed, chauffeur also killed", CNN, 1997-08-31. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• "Princess Diana dies in Paris crash", BBC, 1997-08-31. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (On This Day archive)
• "Princess Diana driver was 'drunk and speeding'", BBC, 1997-09-01. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (On This Day archive)
• "Princess Diana's funeral watched by millions", BBC, 1997-09-06. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (On This Day archive)
• "[Secret Documents Revealed]." Erin Moriarty. [Hours]. CBS News. 2004-04-21.
• Vanessa Allen. "Diana chief: We've found fresh clues: Top cop reveals new forensics, new witnesses", Daily Mirror, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• [Vialls] (2004-01-09). Prince Charles Implicated in Murder of Princess Diana Logic dictates Princess Di was deliberately frightened into writing the incriminating letter before her death, but science suggests that she did not write the letter at all.

[edit] See also

• The Queen (2006 film)
• Princess Diana's Revenge 2006 novel which engages with conspiracy theories relating to Diana's death.

[edit] Further reading

• Botham, Noel (2004). The Assassination of Princess Diana. London: Metro. ISBN 1843581396.
• Daymon, Joy Jones (2002). Princess Diana: The Lamb to the Slaughter. Lincoln, Nebr.: Writers Club Press. ISBN 0595243622.
• Hounam, Peter, and Derek McAdam (1998). Who Killed Diana?. London: Vision Paperbacks. ISBN 1901250172.
• Junor, Penny (1998). Charles: Victim or Villain?. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0002559005.
• Junor, Penny (2005). The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0007102151.
• Rees-Jones, Trevor, with Moira Johnston (2000). The Bodyguard's Story: Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor. London: Little, Brown. ISBN 0316855081.
• Simmons, Simone, with Ingrid Seward (2005). Diana: The Last Word. London: Orion. ISBN 0752868756.

[edit] External links

• Diana crash inquiry report: Final report by Paris prosecutor's office. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. and [13]
• The Alma Tunnel: Four photos of the accident in the Alma Tunnel. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• Alma.jpg: Diana crash map. Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (JPEG 138 Kb)
• Tod der Lady Diana Spencer: Die nachweisbaren Fakten (Death of Lady Diana Spencer: The provable facts). Retrieved on 2006-06-01. (German)
• Many detail-informations: Did British Intelligence Orchestrate Princess Diana's Death?
• Text of the doctors' statement announcing Diana's death
• iPod video record of tributes in Kensington Gardens 1
• iPod video record of tributes 2: night & day
• Prince Charles Implicated in Murder of Princess Diana...(debunking)
• Death of a Princess
• [Vialls] (2004-01-09). Prince Charles Implicated in Murder of Princess Diana Logic dictates Princess Di was deliberately frightened into writing the incriminating letter before her death, but science suggests that she did not write the letter at all.

Critics

• Identifying the Real Saint: The Princess in a Mercedes or the bare-foot Nun?