Princess Diana Killer Finally Named, Driver Henri Paul, Paparazzi
The beloved and beautiful Princess of Wales, Diana, may now finally get much deserved peace some ten years after her tragic death.
After a lengthy and exhaustive inquest into the cause and nature of Diana’s death, a jury have finally come to a verdict as to who was ultimately responsible for her being killed in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. In the CNN report, final fault was found with driver Henri Paul, who was drunk at the time of the crash (with a blood alcohol count three times the legal limit in France), this along with his reckless driving at a high rate of speed, while attempting to outrun the paparazzi were the ultimate cause of Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed’s death.
The British inquest into the August 31, 1997, deaths began in October after a decade of British and French police investigations and French court proceedings. The jury’s role was to determine how the victims died; it had no authority to blame any individual. Photo
Baker said there was “no evidence” that the British secret service — or any other government agency — had anything to do with the crash, as Fayed’s father had alleged.
The inquest is the official British inquiry into the deaths of the princess and Fayed while they were fleeing paparazzi photographers. It began October 2 and has cost an estimated £8 million ($16 million), Stevens said.
Diana, 36, and 42-year-old Fayed were killed when the Mercedes-Benz they were traveling in hit a pillar in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris.
advertisementThey were being followed at the time by the paparazzi after leaving the Ritz Hotel. Paul, who was also killed, was drunk and driving at high speed. Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the sole survivor.
More than 240 witnesses have given evidence, including Diana’s close friends, Prince Philip’s private secretary, a former head of the Secret Intelligence Service and Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell.
In my lifetime, I will consider the death of Princess Diana one of the most horrific and heartbreaking tragedies. Not only was Diana one of the most uniquely beautiful women, she was uncommonly kind and ahead of her time. I will never forgive Prince Charles for betraying this wonderful human in such a callous and cold way, though I believe the Queen is truly to blame for how Diana was mistreated.
May you now rest in peace Princess.
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I agree thoroughly with your finale paragraph. I don’t know what to think, although I find it hard to take the side of the Fayed conspiracies. I wish that we could have the whole truth, the driver of the mysterious white car, etc.
Comment by Capcom — April 8, 2008 @ 7:02 pm