A JEALOUS paparazzo may have inadvertently started the longest-running conspiracy theory about the death of Princess Diana, her inquest was told.
Photographer James Andanson – who owned a white Fiat Uno like that linked to the fatal crash – was said to have been involved in Diana's death then murdered to keep him silent. But he was also the subject of jealousy among his colleagues and one of
them may have "framed" him as being involved.
Mr Andanson was summoned by French police in 1998 to account for his movements in the early hours of 31 August, 1997, following an anonymous tip-off to officers in Britain, the court heard.
Mr Andanson, who died two years later, thought the summons was a joke and responded accordingly, the jury sitting at the High Court in London heard. Jean Claude Mules, a retired major in the French Brigade Criminelle, told the inquest Mr Andanson, once he realised police were serious, provided evidence of his movements.
He satisfied them he was not the driver of the mystery Fiat and told officers he was at home, 177 miles away. Mr Mules added:
"Mr Andanson did not have a good reputation in his milieu. His colleagues and some people were envious of him and maybe one of his colleagues told on him."
The jury has been told Mohamed al Fayed, father of crash victim Dodi, believes Mr Andanson was an agent of the security services. The inquest continues.
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