Diana's Death: Police Handed New Information
Scotland Yard says it is assessing new information on the death of Princess Diana to determine its "relevance and credibility".
5:14am UK, Sunday 18 August 2013
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New information that alleges Princess Diana was murdered has been passed to Scotland Yard through military sources, it has emerged.
The information, thought to include the allegation that the Princess of
Wales, Dodi al Fayed and their driver were killed by a member of the British
military, will be assessed by officers from the Specialist Crime and Operations
Command.
According to Sky sources it was given to the police by the former
parents-in-law of a former soldier.
The deaths of Princess Diana and Mr al Fayed in Paris in 1997 were investigated and examined
during a 90-day inquest led by Lord Justice Scott Baker at the Royal Court of
Justice in 2007.
On April 7, 2008, the jury concluded their verdict as "unlawful
killing, grossly negligent driving of the following vehicles and of the
Mercedes".
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| Princess Diana and Dodi al Fayed leaving the Ritz Hotel on August 31, 1997 |
The Metropolitan Police said its assessment was not a re-investigation and
does not come under Operation Paget, the inquiry led by Lord Stevens into
conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Diana and Mr al Fayed's deaths.
A royal spokeswoman said there will be no comment on the matter from Prince
William or Prince Harry, or from Clarence House.
After the inquest, the Metropolitan Police said it had spent £8m on services
arising from it and the Operation Paget investigation from 2004 to 2006.
Former Met Police commissioner Lord Stevens published his report in December
2006, rejecting claims that Princess Diana and Mr al Fayed had been murdered.
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| The wreckage of the Mercedes the pair were travelling in when it crashed |
Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said: "We understand this
information includes an allegation that Princess Diana and Dodi al Fayed and
the driver of their car were killed by a member of the British military.
"The information we're told was passed to Scotland Yard quite recently.
It also includes, we understand, references to something known as Diana's
diary.
"These are very early days, the information has just come in, and
Scotland Yard is adamant in saying that this is not a reopening of its
investigation from 2004 when it spent three years looking into the
circumstances of the Princess' death.
"But it is taking the information seriously and it is considering and
it is possible that a new investigation may open." Princess Diana, Mr al Fayed and their driver Henri Paul died after the
Mercedes crashed in a Paris
tunnel on August 31, 1997. Diana was 36 at the time of her death and Mr al Fayed, the son of former
Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed, 42.
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