Princess Diana, 36, and Dodi Al Fayed, 42, died in a Paris car crash on 31 Aug 1997.
Gordon Thomas wrote of a scenario Diana's death in 1999
[summary below]. After the summary, there are chronicled news articles of
Diana's death, which migrates through complete denial, investigation,
inquest jury, and verdict. Her death remains an enigma with powerful
parties involved.
It will be interesting to see if Mr. Thomas' account of her
death plays out or not. Mohammed al-Fayed [Dodi's father] waged a 10-year campaign
to prove that Princess Diana and his son Dodi were murdered in a conspiracy and
challenged the account of their deaths in British court. Who would really
expect to see a verdict against British royalty and British
intelligence in a British court? Will al-Fayed seek justice
outside the courts? What vengeance will the sons seek, especially with the
resources at their command? It can be a deadly game when played on their
level. And now it’s a movie – Unlawful
Killing.
Gideon's Spies by Gordon Thomas, 1999, Death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed
The Ritz Hotel had become important in Mossad's overall strategy. The hotel remained a meeting place for Middle Eastern arms brokers and their European contacts. Mossad had decided to have an informer in the Ritz who would be able to report on activities. As a chauffeur to VIPs, Henri Paul would be in good position to overhear their conversations, witness their behavior, see where they went, whom they met.
A Mossad psychologist had concluded that there was an inherent vulnerability about Henri Paul. The psychologist had recommended that steadily increasing pressure, linked with the promise of substantial monetary reward to finance Paul's social life, could be the best way to recruit him.
For Henri Paul in those last days of August 1997, there seemed no way out. He continued to drink, to take pills, to sleep restlessly, to bully junior staff. He was a man teetering close to the edge. Though he managed to conceal it, Henri Paul was unraveling mentally. Compounding the pressure was the forthcoming visit of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed. Paul had been put in charge of their security while they were in the hotel, with particular responsibility for keeping away the paparazzi.
Two weeks prior to their deaths, the service had held several meetings with Henri Paul, "who was a paid informer of MI6." Henri Paul had installed a bugging device in the Imperial Suite at the Ritz hotel and had obtained tapes of the "last intimate moments" of Diana and Dodi. Shortly before their death, the couple had spent several hours alone in the suite.
Just past midnight on Sunday, August 31, 1997, the dead were Diana, Princess of Wales, mother of the future king of England; Dodi Al-Fayed, son of Mohammed Al-Fayed, the Egyptian-born owner of Harrods of Knightsbridge, the "Royal" store; and Henri Paul. The couple's bodyguard had been critically injured. "Paul had been blinded as he drove through the underpass by a high-powered flash, a technique which is consistent with MI6 methods in other assassinations."
Moments later, the mysterious white Fiat Uno, which had been seen zigzagging away from the scene of the crash and which traces of paint scrapes had been found in the tunnel, had driven into a side street off the Avenue Montalgne. Waiting there was a pentachnicon, its ramp lowered. The Uno had driven up the ramp, and the pantechnicon's doors had been closed. Hours later, the Uno had been gripped in the claws of a crusher and was reduced to a block of scrap metal.
Mohammed Al-Fayed: "A decision had been made by the Establishment, and at the very top, that Diana must not be allowed to marry a Muslim. Then the future king of England
Mossad's determined attempts to recruit Henri Paul could lead to accusation that this had played a part in Diana's death. To this day Mossad's involvement with Henri Paul has remained a well-kept secret - the way the service had always intended it should remain. Mossad acted at the behest of no one outside Israel
In The News:
Public marks 20 years
since Princess Diana's death
31 Aug 2017
Tributes are being paid to Princess
Diana on the 20th anniversary of her death. Dubbed the "people's
princess" by then prime minister Tony Blair, she died after a car crash in
Paris on 31 August 1997 aged 36. On Wednesday, her sons - Prince William and
Prince Harry - visited the growing floral tributes being left at Kensington
Palace.
UK relationship with France to continue after Brexit, says prince
17 Mar 2017
The UK's relationship with France
will continue despite the vote to leave the EU, Prince William has said.
Speaking at the start of a two-day official visit to Paris with the Duchess of
Cambridge, the prince said friendship and co-operation "would not
change". It is the duke's first official visit to the city where his
mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash in 1997.
Princess Diana WAS pregnant on the night she died, shock new play claims
10 Jan 2015
Sensational claims about the death
of Princess Diana will be aired in a controversial West End play, which opens
this week: Truth, Lies, Diana. It will revive claims that Diana was pregnant
with “a Muslim baby” when she died in a Paris car crash alongside lover Dodi
Fayed in 1997. Writer and director Jon Conway – who also appears in the
production – said: “I think it’s important the public is able to hear the whole
story. I call it the D-word as nobody wants to talk about it.”
Diana death police
find no SAS role
16 Dec 2013
There is "no credible
evidence" the SAS was involved in the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales,
and Dodi Al Fayed, the Metropolitan Police has said. "The final conclusion
is that whilst there is a possibility the alleged comments in relation to the
SAS's involvement in the deaths may have been made, there is no credible
evidence to support a theory that such claims had any basis in fact. Former
Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi's father, was "disappointed but not
discouraged" by the outcome, his solicitor Simon McKay said. He called the
scoping exercise "the latest whitewash in a 16-year cover up".
Diana death: New
information assessed by Scotland Yard
18 Aug 2013
The Metropolitan Police is
assessing new information it has recently received about the deaths of Princess
Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997. Scotland Yard said it was "scoping"
the information and "assessing its relevance and credibility".
Reports in several British Sunday newspapers suggest there are allegations the
military was involved and that information had been passed to the police by an
Army source. A spokesman for Dodi's father Mohamed Al Fayed said he would be
"interested in seeing the outcome". In December 2006, the report into
Operation Paget said it had found no evidence of murder and dismissed all
conspiracy theories surrounding the deaths. Operation Paget concluded that
driver Henri Paul had been drunk and driving at excessive speed.
Princess Diana film
in Galway for first public showing
06 Jul 2011
A controversial documentary about
the death of Princess Diana, Unlawful Killing, is to get its first public
screening at an Irish film festival. Directed by Keith Allen and funded by the
businessman Mohammed Al Fayed, its makers claim the film has evidence of a
conspiracy around the Princess's death.
07 May 2011
Inquest evidence showed conclusively that the crash was caused by an unidentified white Fiat Uno and several unidentified motorcycles, vehicles that were certainly not paparazzi, because uncontested police evidence confirmed that the paparazzi were nowhere near the tunnel at the time of the crash. British lawyers insisted on 87 cuts before any UK release could be contemplated. So rather than butcher the film, or risk legal action, the film is showing it in France, then the US, and everywhere except the UK.
Movie Trailer featuring Piers Morgan
Mohammed Al Fayed sells Harrods store to Qatar Holdings
08 May 2010
Mohammed Al Fayed has sold London
Mr. Al Fayed waged a 10-year campaign in an attempt to prove that Princess Diana and his son Dodi, who died in a Paris Britain for decades, the multi-millionaire businessman has repeatedly been refused a UK
Egyptian tycoon wants to be Scottish president
25 Oct 2009
Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of plush London emporium Harrods, told The Sunday Times newspaper he was ready to become the first president of an independent Scotland Scotland
Princess Diana unlawfully killed
07 Apr 2008
Princess Diana was unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence" of driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi, an inquest jury has found. The jury reached the same verdict for her companion Dodi Al Fayed. In a statement read on Al Fayed's behalf [Dodi's father Mohamed Al-Fayed] he said the verdicts would come as a blow to "millions" of his supporters around the world.
Diana murdered, Al Fayed claims
18 Feb 2008
Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were murdered, Dodi's father Mohamed Al Fayed has told the inquest into their deaths in a car crash in Paris France Germany
Diana had 'no signs' of pregnancy
26 Nov 2007
There was no physical evidence that Diana, Princess of Wales was pregnant, according to the British pathologist who examined her body. But he said they would not necessarily be visible very soon after conception. Dr Chapman confirmed that fluids used in embalming could lead to some changes in a body, such as causing blood clots to form, but he said the chemicals would not obscure the physical evidence of a pregnancy if one existed.
'No evidence' of Diana pregnancy
03 Oct 2007
Intimate details of Princess Diana's life will be heard at the inquest into her death, but whether she was pregnant may never be known, the coroner said. Lord Justice Scott Baker said it was likely "pregnancy is a matter that cannot be proved one way or the other in scientific terms in this case". The inquest also heard how members of MI6 were in Paris
Diana Death Anniversary Marked
31 Aug 2007
Among the absentees at the service was Mohammed al-Fayed, the father of Diana's Egyptian boyfriend. Al-Fayed, owner of the luxury London store Harrods, accuses Britain
Diana Inquest: Royals on the Stand?
04 Mar 2007
Mohamed al Fayed, whose son Dodi died alongside Diana in a Paris London
Diana's Death a 'Tragic Accident'
14 Dec 2006
An official UK police inquiry into the Paris car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed has found no evidence the couple were murdered. The evidence suggests Princess Diana was not engaged or about to get engaged and scientific tests showed she was not pregnant, he said.
Date set for princess's inquest
18 Dec 2003
The inquests into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed will be opened on 6 January 2004, it has been announced. Princess Diana, 36, and Mr Al Fayed, 42, died in a Paris car crash in 1997. There will be two separate inquests. Princess Diana's inquest will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, while Mr Al Fayed's will open in Reigate, Surrey. Dodi's father, Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, welcomed the news, but said he would continue to call for a full public inquiry into the crash.
Earl rules out Diana conspiracies
22 Oct 2003
Earl Spencer has dismissed conspiracy theories about the death of his sister Diana, Princess of Wales, describing an apparent prediction of her own death in a letter as a "bizarre coincidence". "Diana felt quite beleaguered by what we call the establishment in Britain and looked at ways they might get at her.” He told NBC's Today show he understood from handwriting experts, that letters allegedly sent by Diana to former butler Paul Burrell saying she feared for her life, were genuine. In the alleged letter, sent about 10 months before the fatal Paris tunnel crash in August 1997, Diana writes about her fears of an accident being planned involving her car. The French inquiry in 1999 blamed chauffeur Henri Paul, who also died, concluding he had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs and had been driving too fast.
Al-Fayed challenges Duke to sue
22 Nov 1999
Mohamed al-Fayed has issued a challenge to the Duke of Edinburgh. Mr al-Fayed called on Prince Philip to sue him over his allegations that the Duke had "masterminded" a conspiracy to kill the Princess of Wales and his son Dodi.