Diana Inquest, And A Bevy Of Conspiracies

Despite A Service Aimed At Resting Her Memory In Peace, Diana's Tragic Death Is Again At The Fore

(CBS)  CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports from London.

This summer, on the tenth anniversary of her death, the massed ranks of the royal family came together to listen to her son Prince Harry's tribute.

"She made us, and so many other people, happy," he said of Diana.

… and to almost certainly quietly agree with this heartfelt plea from the Bishop of London, that Diana finally be allowed to fade from public memory: "Let it end here. Let this service mark the point at which we let her rest in peace and dwell on her memory with thanksgiving and compassion."

This past week, the royal family could be forgiven for thinking that those words were spoken too soon. The long-delayed inquest into the causes of the deaths of the princess and her boyfriend Dodi Fayad opened at the High Courts. Two police investigations (one French, one British) have concluded their driver Henri Paul was drunk and speeding when he crashed in a Paris tunnel. The jury has been told to set aside everything they have ever heard about that crash and listen to the evidence.

Listening to the evidence means forensically testing the conspiracy theories that have become pervasive since the couple died: That she was pregnant, they were engaged, and then assassinated by British intelligence agents as threats to the crown.

Mohammed Al Fayad, father of Dodi, could be called "conspiracist-in-chief."

"I am a father who lost his son. I am fighting for ten years. At last we are going to have a jury from ordinary people and I hope to reach the decision which I believe that my son and Princess Diana have been murdered, by the royal family."

In his opening remarks, the judge showed a picture to the jury of Di in a bathing suit. Some have suggested a tummy bulge was evidence of pregnancy. The problem with that, said the judge, is that the picture was taken before she met Dodi.

Even more intimately, he added, she was on the pill.

There will be more like this - very private moments of a very public princess, again naked in the public eye.

"There are notes by Princess Diana, allegedly by Princess Diana, saying she was in fear for her life and her husband may have been responsible for that fear," said royal commentator Robert Jobson.

Her husband Prince Charles may have to appear in court. Al Fayad's lawyers will try to get the Duke of Edinburgh and even the queen to testify, too. That would be unprecedented. The risk is if they do not, conspiricists will say they had something to hide.

And in a week when ten year old, grainy, flickering images of the princess and her lover fascinated once more, courtesy of the hotel's in-house camera system, it may be too soon to hope she rests in peace.

[mocalleo]

Personally,
I blame the "poop"-arazzi for Diana''s death.

Let the poor woman rest in peace.

xoxoxoxo

[ramos937]

The facts are these: (1) the driver was not expected to be called so he went out on the town and enjoyed himself. He drank quite a bit that night and that was his business, (2) for some inexplicable reason, Diana''s party wanted transportation and he was called in as a driver, (3) someone should have noted that the guy was drunk but nobody did, (4) the parapazzi (as usual) made pests of themselves. The driver was instructed to lose them while enroute. (5) while traveling at a very high rate of speed, the driver lost control of the powerful Mercedes and totaled the car, (6) except for the bodyguard, all aboard were killed including Diana. The plain and bald truth is that someone allowed the the drunk guy to drive. That was the cause of the crash. Nothing else is relevant.

Princess Diana was a healthy young sexual woman who did a lot of good things. She died over ten years ago. Except for her family, everybody else should mind his/her own business and let her rest in peace.

[elgraz]

starsnbars12, You should play with yourself more often amigo. It will relieve your pent up tension. adios....

[elgraz]

starsnbars12...........You are an illiterate ******* amigo. Let''s show some compassion you prik

[mburnes]

For the person starsnbars, are you psychic? You know what went on in the tunnel. You are believing people who have reasons to hide evidence, a pratial autopsy, how redicules. Stop taking the Lords name in vain. Thank God that Mr. AlFayed can force an inquest into the death of his son and his''s son''s Fiance''. I don''t care if it takes a year and 100 billion dollars if the French inquest had been complete and honest, Mr. AlFayed would not be asking for this one. Give me a break PLEEEEEEEEEZE and let the jury come in with a verdict, small brained people like you may be surprised at the verdict. And all the things to go down in the future. Before you call Diana a "***" do all her good works. I pity all the people who have to live around you with your negative attitude.
Marianne