Why I Believe Princess Diana Was Murdered
There is too much about the death of Diana to blithely accept the official line that it was just an accident.
The conventional—and official—wisdom when it comes to the death of Princess Diana is strikingly simple: it was just an accident.
Her chauffeur, Henri Paul, was drunk and speeding when her Mercedes, which was being pursued by paparazzi whom Paul was attempting to lose, hit the 13th pillar of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris at 12:23 am on August 31, 1997.
Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul were killed instantly. Rescuers found Diana alive but critically injured. She suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene before being resuscitated and moved into an ambulance at 1:18 a.m.
On the way to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, she went into cardiac arrest again and was revived with heart massage and adrenaline, prompting the ambulance to travel slowly and stop several times for emergency care. She arrived at 2:06 a.m. with a weak heartbeat, underwent surgery for catastrophic internal injuries including a torn pulmonary vein, but could not be stabilised. At 4:00 a.m., Diana was pronounced dead at the hospital.
That is the official story, and ultimately was the conclusion of the three official investigations into her death in England and France.
But, 28 years later I want to challenge that wisdom. At the risk of being branded a “Diana Truther” or conspiracy theorist, I believe there is just way too much about the events of that night and its aftermath to fit the accident narrative.
There are great differences of opinion about who ordered the killing. Mohamed Fayed famously blamed Prince Philip, but I side with those who argue that the most credible suspect is a powerful group of insiders in the British security services, who may have disposed of Diana, without consulting or seeking approval from individual royals, believing that Diana was a grave threat to the monarchy and the wider establishment. Don’t forget, she said in her Panorama interview, that she didn’t believe Charles was fit to be king. Imagine if she were the one living in California and giving interviews to Oprah. Can anyone really imagine a Queen Camilla in such a scenario?
