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Princess Diana Inquiry More Complex than Expected (al Fayed's questions "right to be raised")
AP ^ | Jan 27 05 | David STringer

Posted on 01/27/2006 7:49:44 AM PST by churchillbuff

Diana Inquiry More Complex Than Expected By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer

LONDON

An inquiry into the death of Princess Diana is "far more complex than any of us thought," the official leading the investigation said Friday without commenting on the conspiracy theories that persist nearly nine years after her death.

Lord Stevens, the former head of London's Metropolitan Police, acknowledged that some of the issues raised by Mohammed al Fayed _ whose son, Dodi, was killed in the 1997 car crash with Diana _ were "right to be raised." He did not elaborate.

Mohammed al Fayed, the owner of London's famous Harrods store, has claimed Diana and his son were killed by British intelligence officials and their deaths resulted from a plot instigated by Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana's former father-in- law.

Lord Stevens, speaking in a recorded interview to Britain's GMTV Sunday Program, did not reveal which of al Fayed's concerns he believed were correct.

"It is right to say that some of the issues that have been raised by Mr. Fayed have been right to be raised," he told the program, to be broadcast Sunday. "We are pursing those. It is a far more complex inquiry than any of us thought."

A transcript of his comments were released Friday.

Lord Stevens said his team was examining the vehicle in which Dodi was traveling on Aug. 31, 1997 in Paris.

Diana, 36, her companion Dodi Fayed, 42, and their driver, Henri Paul, were killed when the car crashed into a pillar in an underpass. The only survivor, Diana's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was badly hurt.

A French judge ruled in 1999 that the crash was an accident, and an investigation concluded that Paul had been drinking and was driving at high speed.

However, a British-led inquiry was ordered by the Royal Coroner, Michael Burgess, who raised concern about the number of conspiracy theories over the deaths.

"I think what people want is a thorough investigation going where the evidence takes us, and some of the answers to some of the questions that have been raised in national newspapers and in other parts of the world," said Stevens, who stepped down as London police chief in 2005.

"That is the job I have been asked to do and that is the job I'll do."

Stevens has spoken to Prince Charles about the death of his former wife as part of his inquiry.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ladydi; princessdiana; royals
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To: Pessimist

lol


41 posted on 01/27/2006 9:26:51 AM PST by kalee (Democrats may do the crime, but they don't do the time.)
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To: churchillbuff

I always thought X referred to Prince Phillip. But...I don't think she died in a set-up, I think it was an accident. I think she may have been afraid of Charles' father though.


42 posted on 01/27/2006 9:30:14 AM PST by kalee (Democrats may do the crime, but they don't do the time.)
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To: OldFriend

French emergency services differ from ours. They have doctors on their ambulances so they do more treatment at the scene. We have emts and do what's called a scoop and run.


43 posted on 01/27/2006 9:33:10 AM PST by kalee (Democrats may do the crime, but they don't do the time.)
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To: Mike Darancette
.....it was death by stupidity.

Agreed. The sole survivor was wearing a seat belt. The others were not.

44 posted on 01/27/2006 9:40:02 AM PST by Churchillspirit (Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
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To: cubreporter

He is a human being, name one that isn't corrupt.


45 posted on 01/27/2006 9:42:11 AM PST by jeremiah (People wake up, the water is getting hot)
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To: cubreporter

He is a human being, name one that isn't corrupt. I don't mean to say he is more corrupt than any other, but as an example of human corruption. NO human should be trusted with power, ALL should be scrutinized and kept accountable where possible.


46 posted on 01/27/2006 9:45:12 AM PST by jeremiah (People wake up, the water is getting hot)
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To: timsbella

I remember in the days after her death, the family of Diane was talking about how their line was the one that should be producing kings and queens. That the current occupants were pretenders. I don't know about anyone else, but who cares about these pampered idiots?


47 posted on 01/27/2006 9:47:47 AM PST by jeremiah (People wake up, the water is getting hot)
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To: kalee

Well, if her heinous has her way, we'll have French health care right here in the USA.


48 posted on 01/27/2006 9:58:29 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: Churchillspirit
The sole survivor was wearing a seat belt.

It was too hard for Di and her paramour to play slap and tickle in the backseat if they put on their seat belts.

49 posted on 01/27/2006 10:02:09 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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To: OldFriend
The crash may have been an accident but that does not explain why she was NOT rushed to a nearby hospital for over an hour.

From what I have seen, it seems to be SOP for paramedics to take their time. I think it has something to do with "stabilizing the patient" in the vehicle. When a relative of mine had a stroke while walking, a witness told me that the ambulance had delayed leaving for the hospital for a very long time.

50 posted on 01/27/2006 10:06:14 AM PST by wideminded
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To: jeremiah

I sir am a human being and I am not corrupt. That's an ugly look at the world. I trust a lot of people.


51 posted on 01/27/2006 11:50:02 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than anyone will ever know. He's A++)
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To: churchillbuff

No, but mighty difficult to do it in the way it happened. I'd be more open to a claim that someone was planning to do her in some other way, when the accident happened. There were an awful lot of witnesses to the crash -- mostly media who were following the car. How would you bribe the driver to stage a crash that would surely maim or kill him? And how could you bribe some reporters to chase the vehicle, reliably forcing it to go so fast that it caused a fatal crash? Just doesn't make sense. If some highly placed persons wanted to do her in, they'd have arranged something that could be carried quietly and reliably, like having her found dead in a hotel room of alcohol poisoning.


52 posted on 01/27/2006 12:46:39 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Maybe Henri Paul was drugged. Or, as some witnesses said, there was a bright laser light right before the crash. Paul didn't necessarily have to know about it. And he was probably expendable.


53 posted on 02/28/2006 8:48:02 AM PST by Blogger
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