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.
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They 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.

As we told you yesterday exclusively, world famous biographer Andrew Morton was scheduled to appear on the hugely popular syndicated Joey Reynolds Show out of New York’s WOR station.

The podcast is now available and what a great show! Joey and Andrew discussed his controversial book on Tom Cruise, including the Cruise attack on Brooke Shields, his position in Scientology, celebrity as activists, celeb worship, Stanley Kubrick, Princess Diana, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro, Monica Lewinsky, Islamic fundamentalism, Barack and Hilary, His Highness Hollywood and perhaps the coolest thing they mentioned: GLOSSLIP.com. This is a great interview and these two forces of nature make for good radio - and now video!

Another fabulous best-selling writer and filmmaker, Ian Halperin, who was also a featured guest on Joey’s show last week, was in the studio filming the interview live and we have that footage. Above is part 1 of 4 - exclusive to Glosslip.

The two Scientology expose authors, who were reported by Gawker.com to be in hiding three months ago, have now resurfaced in New York and have been spotted together severals times during the last week.

Morton meets world famous illusionist The Amazing Kreskin backstage in the WOR greenroom.

Front right: Halperin’s assistant Allison, Andrew, Joey, Ian and Sean at Reynold’s New York studio

News is pouring in that Prince William, heir to the thrown of England and first son of the late Princess Diana and Prince Charles, has reportedly split from long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton. Some speculate a change in lifestyle and too much time apart as the root cause for the young couple’s relationship ending.

When Kate and William began their romance, it was while they were both attending school. This relatively leisure pace of life is rare for a royal and the two reportedly grew so close between their study obligations they were practically “living together.” As they say, timing is everything, and that holds true for love as much as anything.

Upon graduating, Prince William, like most royal men joined the military and this new life has consumed a dramatic portion of his time, with him training to be an officer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where his younger brother Harry’s been training since 2005. The Prince then intends to spend the rest of his military time between the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, which is to help prepare him for his role as King at some point in the future. Prince William is a busy guy with his military life in Dorset and Kate’s been busy working in London. This, plus perhaps the public pressure may have been too much for the couple who are probably too young to make life-long decisions. Prince William is 24 and Kate is 25.

Others point to elite British snobbery at the core of the breakup. Kate’s family comes from new money, with her family building a mail-order business in party supplies. Unlike Lady Diane (before she became a Princess) Kate grew up with money, but not the exposure to the distinct and rigid set of etiquette expected of most upper-crust British families. According to a Scotsman.com article, class was issue just not necessarily in the Royal family, but rather from the friends and peers of Prince William. They were notorious for making fun of Kate’s “commonness” and her mother’s rather pedestrian early vocation as an airline stewardess.

Members of William’s entourage were said to have complained that Kate was “too common”, and to have quipped “Doors to ‘Manual’”, airline pilot-style, whenever she appeared.

The columnist for the Daily Mail, A.N. Wilson goes a step further in his take on Will’s friends in the article:

Daily Mail columnist A.N. Wilson condemned “the unpleasant mockery of Kate Middleton by William’s braying friends, an extraordinary snobbery still exists around the royals,” he complained, saying that Kate’s mother “has got more class than these sneering snobs.”

Cheerio indeed! The article also cites Royal biographer Penny Junor, who also confirmed the assertion the elitism stemmed from the Prince’s friends, not his family –  and she does not feel Prince William’s own snobbery alone would have caused the breakup:

“I don’t think the royal family themselves are that snobbish. But I think William’s friends certainly are. His polo-playing set are pretty snobbish.”

Nice friends you got there Prince, your mother The Princess of the People, would NOT be proud.

Whatever the cause for the split, be it growing apart or a class divide, Kate in the long run will be better off. As witnessed through the sad and tragic life of Princess Diana, the Royal life isn’t the fairy tale we would like to believe. Scrutiny, heartache, loss of freedom and above all an adherence to Royal duty - all under the great eye of the watchful and heartless British media.

Blech, you can keep your tiara thank you very much.