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Published Date: 08 April 2008
MOHAMED al Fayed's spokesman has claimed the jury was not allowed to hear all the evidence into how Diana, Princess of Wales died.
Michael Cole told GMTV today that Mr al Fayed was "considering his options" after the verdict at the end of the six-month inquest.

The 11 jurors decided Diana and Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed by the "gross negligence" of their drunken driver
and the paparazzi.

They rejected claims by Mr al Fayed that the crash in Paris was the result of an elaborate murder plot involving the Duke of Edinburgh and the secret services.

Mr al Fayed had previously said he would abide by the verdict of the inquest jury. But Mr Cole said: "When he made that declaration, it was on the assumption that the jury would be allowed to hear everything. They weren't."

He said the jury had not been allowed to consider the verdict of murder and had not heard evidence from either the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh.

He said Mr al Fayed would be considering his options this morning, after discussions with his family and lawyers. He is said to be considering a legal challenge to the verdict.

"He had no way of knowing that so many key French witnesses would refuse to come forward," Mr Cole added.

Princes William and Harry have issued a statement saying they "agreed" with the verdicts and thanking the jury for their "thorough" deliberations.

The ex-chief of the Metropolitan Police, Lord Stevens, who investigated their deaths, has called for the conspiracy theories to be "laid to rest".





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  • Last Updated: 08 April 2008 3:01 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Princess of Wales
 
1

Reckless,

Corrupt EU 08/04/2008 12:02:27
"This is our common purpose, the progressive mission of our time and our party." Gordon Brown

If you don't know what common purpose is, then it's time to find out.

Common Purpose, a criminal organisation
that abuses government posts for gain. http://www.eutruth.org.uk/cp.pdf
2

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 08/04/2008 12:23:48
Hopefully we can put this matter to rest now---rather than living in Al-Fayeds cloud-cuckoo land.
3

Allis Chalmers,

Crieff 08/04/2008 12:32:37
#1
Common Purpose? Good conspiracy theory, but what has it got to do with Al Fayed?

Deport the man, and end all this turmoil.
4

Proximaking,

Dundee 08/04/2008 12:44:56
I still wonder about the two huge blue flashes of light that were seen in the underpass, and of course put down to erroneous witnesses. I think Al Fayed is right. How can we say this has been put to rest when the main witnesses were never forced to actually give evidence on oath? If my ex-wife was wandering around town telling people that I was out to kill her in a car crash and a few months or years or centuries later she was killed in a car "accident" I would think the police would go into it pretty thoroughly and if there was any sign whatsoever of a conspiracy something would be done about it in a criminal court of law. The letters that were so helpfully produced by prince Philip were never analysed to determine when they were written, the handwriting was never compared to Dianas or his now and then. Few of the usual forensics were carried out that should have been absolutely standard. Something stinks in all of this and the more I see and hear the more it looks like a cover-up for a royal. He needs no such protection, I'm sure he would welcome a trial to get things straight in his own mind and ours whoever "he" is. They say the truth will set you free, well we haven't heard it yet by a long way.
5

Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia,

08/04/2008 13:29:47
You can call him Al, call him Al.
6

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08/04/2008 13:40:19
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7

Kate,

Zurich 08/04/2008 13:51:44
Mr. Al Fayed said on oath in court that he would accept the jury's verdict...so now he adds perjury to his list of sins!

He should be sued for defamation of character by the whole Royal Family, then he should be deported.
8

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 08/04/2008 14:05:06
#4:

Have you ever driven through that tunnel? If you had then you would realise how easy it is for a crash such as this to happen. Diana wasn't the first and will not be the last. There are STILL no armco barriers or raised walls to prevent vehicles from hitting those pillars.

As to the flashes you describe, it is likely that they were nothing more sinister than the electronic flashes of the press cameras. The whole idea that this crash was staged is totally rediculous. Aside from anything else, if you are going to assassinate someone, you use a bullet or some other means of guaranteeing a quick death. You do not use a car crash. If the occupants had been wearing their seatbelts then the outcome could have been entirely different. What would the secret services have done then? Reached into the car and finished the job off with a pistol? Please get back to the real world.
9

I still don't believe it !,

08/04/2008 14:05:25
Enough of this conspiracy rubbish! It was an accident pure and simple. Mr fayed has been badly served by those who kept stoking the fires of his delusion but I suppose they were very well paid and, wishing to keep their jobs, kept on fuelling the flames. I think he has trouble coming to terms with the fact that it was HIS staff, following HIS plan, that killed Diana and his son. Blaming this on a conspiracy is a way of coping without facing up to the reality.
10

Toast,

08/04/2008 14:35:01
Who cares,far to much public money has been wasted on these two already.
11

AJ Fife,

08/04/2008 16:43:06
You've got to admit, Phil the Greek has always been shifty and has always had a penchant for blood sports!
12

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08/04/2008 16:45:20
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13

xlouisex,

england 08/04/2008 16:59:00
iv always been open minded to this case and alwaya will be. simply because they can cover up so much. you say that alfayed should be called up for calling the royals names and that what about paul burrel and his perjury charges? thats what i want to know too many people getting away with whoppering
14

C.,

08/04/2008 17:03:08
#10

couldn't have said it better. there is so much more important issues in the world just now, other than this, something that happened 10 years ago. on the late news last night, they spent around 20 minutes on this topic. i'm bored out my skull with it. she did alot for charity, and died at an early age, no one can deny that. my mum also did alot for charity, the elderly and the local comunity and died at and early age (46). but life goes on. they should stop going into the past and just move on. digging this up has been a totatl waste of public money. it's starting to get boring.
15

Charles Crosby,

UK 08/04/2008 17:56:08
Why is it when I read what the average British Joe says these days I see the words dumb, brainwashed proles?

At least #13 has an open mind.

Princess Diana was called a 'loose canon' by at least to MPs over the land mines issue. Have you any idea how dangerous 'loose canons' are in the realms of big business. She could have cost these people multiple millions of dollars in lost revenue due to her worldwide popularity and her campaign.

Edinburgh is a 33rd Degree Mason, a man a the top of the Pyramid and that is why he didn't appear in court. How come he managed to do that? Who made the decision? How did he get away with it when Edward VII as the Prince of Wales had to appear in court in his day?

Reckless #1 mentions Common Purpose for good reason they have infiltrated all our institutions including the Judiciary. Justice is history including the Diana Inquiry.
16

James (1),

08/04/2008 19:30:26
I am sick of hearing about this! We (well not me) went over the top when she died. I grieved more for her than you was the one upmanship being played. I am sadder than you. Now we have to be put through it all again.
Rich dad mourning his dead son must mean there was a conspiracy. It could not just be an accident could it?
17

Paloma negra,

08/04/2008 19:57:04
Al Fayed should give up this nonsense ... he is looking increasingly foolish with his wild speculations and vivid imagination.

This matter should be dropped now since this lengthy and costly enquiry is now finished.
18

Horrible Cankers at the Cyber Shebeen,

08/04/2008 23:30:12
Looks to me as if the guilty parties are the paps that took that last photo...they were obviously dangerously close to that vehicle...and just to get a photo caused the deaths of 3 people...under normal circumstances they would have been charged....you can see the surprise and shock on the two occupants of the front of the car...and Diana turned her head to avoid the photo...the flash is glaring and I dont think we are talking zoom lens here....
19

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 09/04/2008 00:19:34
#15:

"Princess Diana was called a 'loose canon' by at least to MPs over the land mines issue"

And quite rightly so. Unable to see the bigger picture, she roade roughshod over the delicate negotiations that had been taking place FOR YEARS and made the political situation there a whole lot worse, whilst probably putting the land mine negotiations back several years.

#18:

Have you actually looked at the evidence? The photo to which you refer was taken at the back of the Ritz, before they even set off. The paparazzi who were at the car immediately after the crash didn't kill Diana, Dodi and Henri Paul.

Paul died due to a broken neck because he hit the steering wheel at about 50mph. Dodi died due to a broken neck because he hit the back of Paul's seat at about 50mph, and Diana died due to massive internal bleeding caused by a torn pulminary artery when she was forced between the two front seats at about 50mph.

Nothing to do with the paparazzi taking photos after the crash at all.

 

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