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There have been several instances where pilots have been "laser beamed" recently. Not funny, and there doesn't seem to be any follow up stories on the occurrences. Why am I not surprised.

Henri Paul had long standing service. If he was a drunk, don't you think that he would have been discharged long before this occurred? The fact that not only was Diana more popular than Charles, but also the fact that there was the possibility of her marrying Dodi Al Fayed, makes me believe that she and Dodi were assassinated.

I think it is plausible that a laser beam could have been used to cause the driver to lose control. Thank you for the ping.

Dodi's father was absolutely heartbroken. I believe that he loved his son with all his heart, and loved Diana as a daughter. People can say what they want about Diana, but she evolved from a timid, lumpy brood mare, into a woman who did a lot of good for a lot of people. She had her faults, but if Mother Theresa liked her, that's good enough for me.

That day it came out, we were at a motorcross race south of Paris as people ran through the crowd shouting (phoenetically) La Dee Dee. I thought it comical until I realised they meant Lady Di. Immediate reaction and immediate (later censored) news reports left all people we talked with to understand it was an assassination, and a clumsy one at that.

None of us who ever worked with chauffers in Paris would even start to believe the story that Henri Paul was drunk. It did not fit.

As always, it seems, facts changed later and the details and photos changed. Our friends and family there were resigned to the change as just business as usual. Consensus amongst friends was that she was finished off during the very slow ambulance ride to the hospital.