Princess Di - Conspiracy Theory???
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3206486.stm
Diana 'feared car accident plot'
Princess Diana feared the brakes of her car were going to be tampered with, 10 months before she died in a crash in Paris, her former butler has claimed.
The princess allegedly wrote in a letter to Paul Burrell: "This phase in my life is the most dangerous".
She reportedly named someone who was "planning an accident in my car, brake failure and serious head injury."
The alleged letter, which Mr Burrell kept secret until now, has been published in the Daily Mirror. The name of the alleged person has been blacked out by the newspaper for legal reasons.
Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed were killed early on the morning of 31 August, 1997 when a Mercedes driven by chauffeur Henri Paul crashed in the Pont D'Alma tunnel in Paris.
In the alleged letter, Princess Diana reportedly believed the plot was "in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry".
It was reportedly written a couple of months after her divorce from Charles was finalised in October 1996.
A French inquiry in 1999 blamed Mr Paul, concluding he had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs and was driving too fast.
In August, Surrey Coroner Michael Burgess announced he would conduct inquests into the death of Diana and Mr Fayed, but did not specify a date.
The inquests will be the first official public hearings in Britain to examine the circumstances surrounding the Princess's death.
Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan said the letter, taken for a forthcoming book by Mr Burrell, was "sensational".
"There has been to date, incredibly, no inquest into the death of Princess Diana and there has been no public inquiry in this country.
"Paul Burrell has watched and watched and waited and nothing has happened and he now feels that this is the time to come forward and demand those two things happen and what better way to do that than with this incredibly compelling document."
While Mr Morgan said he did not know if the letter and Diana's death were connected, he said publication of the letter was in the public interest.
Trial collapse
"I believe at the very least the British public can expect after this morning's revelations an immediate announcement that there will be an inquest, not in another six year's time but right away, and we can finally get to the bottom of what may or may not have happened that night."
Mr Burrell was acquitted of theft in 2002. His trial collapsed after the intervention of the Queen.
He had been charged with stealing from Diana's estate.
Mr Burrell, currently in the US, said in a statement that he had reflected on events since the princess's death, and particularly since his trial collapse last year.
"During that time I have watched and listened as many individuals have claimed to know the truth about the Princess.
"I know that what was claimed to be the truth is actually far from it."
Questions remain
He said he decided to include details of the alleged letter in his upcoming book, A Royal Duty, because he believed "that someone has to stand in the princess' corner and fight for her now that she cannot do so herself."
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said a key question remained about why Mr Burrell did not reveal the alleged letter earlier, particularly immediately after the fatal crash.
He also did not reveal it during the French investigation, nor during his court case, although Mr Burrell could argue that he intended to but was acquitted before he had a chance to enter the witness box, Peter Hunt said.
"Why didn't he reveal it during the week-long exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror last year, for which he received a considerable sum of money?
"The absence of answers to the questions will prompt the cynics to suggest he hung on to it in order to help his book," Peter Hunt told BBC News24.
Comments anyone?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3206486.stm
Diana 'feared car accident plot'
Princess Diana feared the brakes of her car were going to be tampered with, 10 months before she died in a crash in Paris, her former butler has claimed.
The princess allegedly wrote in a letter to Paul Burrell: "This phase in my life is the most dangerous".
She reportedly named someone who was "planning an accident in my car, brake failure and serious head injury."
The alleged letter, which Mr Burrell kept secret until now, has been published in the Daily Mirror. The name of the alleged person has been blacked out by the newspaper for legal reasons.
Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed were killed early on the morning of 31 August, 1997 when a Mercedes driven by chauffeur Henri Paul crashed in the Pont D'Alma tunnel in Paris.
In the alleged letter, Princess Diana reportedly believed the plot was "in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry".
It was reportedly written a couple of months after her divorce from Charles was finalised in October 1996.
A French inquiry in 1999 blamed Mr Paul, concluding he had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs and was driving too fast.
In August, Surrey Coroner Michael Burgess announced he would conduct inquests into the death of Diana and Mr Fayed, but did not specify a date.
The inquests will be the first official public hearings in Britain to examine the circumstances surrounding the Princess's death.
Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan said the letter, taken for a forthcoming book by Mr Burrell, was "sensational".
"There has been to date, incredibly, no inquest into the death of Princess Diana and there has been no public inquiry in this country.
"Paul Burrell has watched and watched and waited and nothing has happened and he now feels that this is the time to come forward and demand those two things happen and what better way to do that than with this incredibly compelling document."
While Mr Morgan said he did not know if the letter and Diana's death were connected, he said publication of the letter was in the public interest.
Trial collapse
"I believe at the very least the British public can expect after this morning's revelations an immediate announcement that there will be an inquest, not in another six year's time but right away, and we can finally get to the bottom of what may or may not have happened that night."
Mr Burrell was acquitted of theft in 2002. His trial collapsed after the intervention of the Queen.
He had been charged with stealing from Diana's estate.
Mr Burrell, currently in the US, said in a statement that he had reflected on events since the princess's death, and particularly since his trial collapse last year.
"During that time I have watched and listened as many individuals have claimed to know the truth about the Princess.
"I know that what was claimed to be the truth is actually far from it."
Questions remain
He said he decided to include details of the alleged letter in his upcoming book, A Royal Duty, because he believed "that someone has to stand in the princess' corner and fight for her now that she cannot do so herself."
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said a key question remained about why Mr Burrell did not reveal the alleged letter earlier, particularly immediately after the fatal crash.
He also did not reveal it during the French investigation, nor during his court case, although Mr Burrell could argue that he intended to but was acquitted before he had a chance to enter the witness box, Peter Hunt said.
"Why didn't he reveal it during the week-long exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror last year, for which he received a considerable sum of money?
"The absence of answers to the questions will prompt the cynics to suggest he hung on to it in order to help his book," Peter Hunt told BBC News24.
Comments anyone?
The whole thing sounds dodgy to me. But I am most curious about Trevor Reese Jones who survived the accident and is now supposedly suing Mohammed Al Fayed for incompetence or something.
All I have heard about this guy, is that he survived, but has amnesia and doesn't remeber a thing...if that is true, i don't see how he could sue Al Fayed if he doesn't remember what happened.
And why has this guy not appeared in public or made a statement, if i was him I think i would like to comment one way or the other.
BBC Report said:Exactly. And why wasn't the Princess of Wales wearing a seat belt or insistant on being a passenger in a car equipped with airbags if she'd feared the threat of a car crash?
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said "Why didn't he reveal it during the week-long exclusive interview with the Daily Mirror last year, for which he received a considerable sum of money?
"The absence of answers to the questions will prompt the cynics to suggest he hung on to it in order to help his book," Peter Hunt told BBC News24.
t was going to hit the fan. Mrs Fish said:
Why wasn't there an inquest after it happened. With so many different stories running abound,about being chased by paparazzi, and the whole drink thing with the driver, wouldn't there have usually been an inquest?
Because the french handled it!
Why do these stories always get leaked to the red tops..? More credibility in a braodsheet? More cash from a tabloid..? Hmmm....
Read somewhere that there is a standard inquest procedure for bodies shipped back to the UK and it is being followed.
If there was anything even vaguely odd about the way the inquest was being handled, the coroners would have been screaming about it from the rooftops by now along with every serious journo in the UK (all 3 of them).
If there was anything even vaguely odd about the way the inquest was being handled, the coroners would have been screaming about it from the rooftops by now along with every serious journo in the UK (all 3 of them).
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