Judge Sees No Evidence of Murder of Princess Diana
The Coroner in the Princess Diana inquest has said that so far she has seen no evidence that Princess Diana was murdered. Dodi Fayed's father is furious and is demanding that Prince Philip and Prince Charles be called as witnesses.
The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales will examine any evidence that she was pregnant on the night she died along with other conspiracy theories already allegedly demolished by the £3.69 million Lord Stevens report, it emerged yesterday.
Among claims to be looked at are her alleged fears for her life, said to have been expressed in a letter to her butler Paul Burrell, and in conversations with her lawyer Lord Mischon and friends.
The potential scope of the inquest was disclosed at a pre-inquest hearing yesterday by Coroner Baroness Butler-Sloss and lawyers representing interested parties including the Harrods' owner Mohamed Fayed, whose son Dodi died in the same Paris car crash 10 years ago.
Lady Butler-Sloss outlined the inquest's remit in a letter read to the court stating: "It is very likely that the inquests will have to inquire, to an extent at least, into the following areas: the Princess of Wales's alleged fears for her life; the suggestion that she was pregnant; the embalming of her body and its purpose; and the acquisition by Dodi Fayed of a ring on 30th August 1997.
"The inquest may also have to inquire further into such areas as: the identity of the driver of the unidentified white Fiat Uno; any cars which may have blocked the route of the Mercedes; the cause or operation of any 'strobe light'."
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Mr Fayed has claimed the couple were assassinated as part of an "Establishment" plot involving the Duke of Edinburgh and agents of the state. However, Lady Butler-Sloss, 73, a former judge, told the hearing yesterday she would only put these matters before a jury if Mr Fayed's team produced evidence in support of the allegations.
"At the moment there's not a shred of evidence given to me about any of these allegations," she said.
"For me to explore them and for me to present them to the jury I do need some evidence," she told Michael Mansfield, QC, for Mr Fayed.
We seriously doubt that this so-called "inquest" is going to turn up any new evidence whatsoever. It will be a whitewash. The whole thing was just too weird, what with the driver having those strange drugs in his system, his history of working as a contract spy -- the whole thing stinks to high heaven.
