Diana inquest hears of plot to 'assassinate' the princess

DAN NEWLING
UK Daily Mail
Thursday November 8, 2007

The inquest into the death of Princess Diana yesterday heard the full details of the extraordinary conspiracy theory explaining how the Princess and her lover Dodi Fayed died.

Michael Mansfield QC outlined for the first time how Mohammed Al Fayed believes the couple were deliberately assassinated as they drove through Paris.

Mr Mansfield suggested that the couple's Mercedes, driven by French chauffeur Henri Paul, was deliberately blocked by two cars - a white Fiat Uno and another dark car, similar to a Citroen Berlingo.

At the same time there was a sudden, bright light - potentially from a military-style anti-personnel flash gun - which disorientated Mr Paul and caused him to crash

Princess Diana, Dodi and Mr Paul all died when their Mercedes 280S careered into a support pillar of the Pont de l'Alma underpass in Paris on the night of August 31, 1997.

Senior police accident investigator Sgt Anthony Read claimed the crash was an accident that occurred due to a number of unrelated factors.

Primary among them was that Mr Paul, who was speeding at well over 60 mph, had to swerve to avoid a white Fiat Uno that had unexpectedly joined the road ahead him.

However, during the course of cross-examining Sgt Read in London's High Court, Mr Mansfield outlined his astonishing alternative theory of what happened.

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