New details revealed about the mysterious deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed in a Paris car crash in 1997.
British police are examining new details about the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed in a Paris car crash in 1997.
British police said they were examining new details about the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed in a Paris car crash in 1997.
The Metropolitan Police did not specify the information or the source of this information. However, British television station Sky revealed that the above information was provided by the parents-in-law of a former Royal Guard soldier who has now died.
The car carrying Princess Diana in the accident in Pais in 1997
The television station said the information alleged that the deaths of Princess Diana, billionaire Dodi and the driver were caused by a member of the country’s military.
The Metropolitan Police said the information it had recently received about the Princess’s death was “relevant and credible”.
The Metropolitan said it was not a re-investigation and was not linked to the Paget investigation, which was carried out by a former police chief.
A spokesman for the Royal Family said it would not comment on the information.
Princess Diana, her lover Dodi and their driver were killed when their Mercedes crashed into a concrete pillar in the Alma tunnel in Paris while being chased by paparazzi as they left the Ritz hotel in Paris in the early hours of 31 August 1997.
The sudden death of the Princess, who divorced heir to the throne Prince Charles in 1996, sparked a wave of mourning in the country, culminating in thousands lining the streets of London for the Queen’s funeral.
Dodi’s father, Mohammed al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods department store, claimed the couple were killed on the orders of the British establishment.
However, it was concluded that there was no evidence of murder and that the driver Paul was drunk and driving at high speed. A separate inquest in London in 2008 declared the driver and paparazzi responsible for the deaths.
French investigators also dismissed the claim as murder.
However, in 2008, Mohammed al Fayed refused to accept the findings, seeking to prove the couple were murdered and to gain the benefit of the Princess’s two sons, William and Harry.
