The Death of the People's Princess, fully explained.

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ational tragedy. On August 31, 1997, the public had woken up to news that their beloved  Princess Diana, lovingly dubbed as the “People’s Princess” for her popularity and vulnerability  with the public, had died in a violent car crash the night before. For a full week after the  death, the event dominated headlines and grief swept over multiple continents, but among the  overwhelming sorrow, questions started surfacing, what exactly caused the car crash, what were  the circumstances of her death

, and did the royal family have anything do with it? But now,  with security camera footage, police reports, and Diana’s own words, we can unravel what exactly  happened in the final chapter of Diana’s life. Born in 1961 to the Spencer bloodline, Diana  was the third of four children to her parents, John and Frances Spencer. As her parents were  Viscounts, a title representing their status as a British noble, Diana was born with the title,  The Honourable Diana Spencer. But even at birth, Diana’

s parents were left somewhat disappointed  as, after two girls and one newborn death, they’d wanted a boy, someone to carry on the Earldom of  Spencer, the family’s hereditary title typically only passed down to men. It’s partly because of  this perceived disappointment that Diana doesn’t remember her childhood fondly. In the first few  years of her life, the marriage of Diana’s parents was breaking down, Diana herself recalls, “It  was a very unhappy childhood ... Always seeing my mother crying

. Daddy never spoke to us about  it. We never asked questions.” It was only a few years later that the highly anticipated male heir  was born, and a few years after that, that Diana’s parents had gotten a divorce, an event that Diana  later recalled as the “biggest disruption” in her childhood. Growing up in the Park House of the  Sandringham Estate, Diana essentially lived on the royal family’s property for much of her  childhood, although, she would only really see the royal family when they w

ere on holidays  or when they visited the Park House, which wasn’t very often. By the time Diana was ready for  boarding school, she recalls feeling “different” or “rejected” from the other students. Although  Diana liked school itself, but was known to be a bit of a troublemaker, one night running half a  mile in the dark after curfew to get some treats, before being caught and almost getting herself  expelled. In the following years, Diana would continue her schooling in various institutions, 

and by the time she turned 18, Diana, now referred to as Lady Diana had grown more independent,  wanting to spread her wings in something that was her own. And so, Diana moved into a flat in  London where she stayed with two school friends, but because she didn’t have much work experience,  she ended up working a string of low-paying jobs, finding particular interest in working with  children. Although, Diana wouldn’t truly enter the spotlight until her relationship with Prince  Charles. When t

he Prince and Diana first met in 1977, Charles was the 29-year old heir apparent  to the throne, meaning once his mother, Queen Elizabeth II died, he was guaranteed next in line  to the Crown. Diana, on the other hand, was only 16 years old and described herself at the time as,  “a fat, podgy, no make-up, unsmart lady”. In fact, at the time of their first meeting, Prince Charles  was dating Diana’s older sister but overtime, it seemed that the Prince was warming up to Diana  herself. Once they d

id begin dating in 1980, when Diana was 20, it took less than a year  for the Prince to propose, and upon saying yes and telling the Prince how much in love with him  she was, he responded, “Whatever in love means”, the infamous phrase he repeated in a televised  interview after their engagement announcement. - "...that she's been brave enough to take me on." - "And I suppose, in love." - "'Course" - "Whatever in love means." Although, for the most part, things seemed  picture perfect, with the

people instantly loving Diana for her shy nature and distinguished  fashion sense, and now with a royal wedding on the horizon, the media honed in on the couple. This  point in Diana’s life, although exciting on the surface, was when things were slowly starting  to fall apart. For one, before the wedding, Diana was put in Buckingham Palace by herself,  and was essentially isolated from Prince Charles, who always seemed to be busy with other duties.  Also, since Diana essentially became a celebri

ty overnight, she effectively lost all privacy.  For example, At the time, she was still learning how to drive, so every time she would try to  practice, her car would be chased. Although, in the midst of this chaos, and unbeknownst to  others, Diana was also suffering from Bulimia, partly because of the history of eating  disorders in her family, as well as the heightened stress and anxiety that came with  her new life. Nevertheless, after many private and even public breakdowns, Diana reluctan

tly  decided to go through with the marriage, and so, a few months later in July 1981, the marriage  became official, naming Diana the Princess of Wales. But as their relationship progressed, it  quickly became clear that there was a problem. Even before the marriage, Diana knew about the  other woman. Camilla Parker Bowles was a past lover of Prince Charles but their relationship  had supposedly ended long before Charles had met Diana. Despite the constant reassurance that  nothing was going on

, Diana couldn’t help but notice how the two would always send each other  gifts, call each other by their old nicknames, and how Camilla had seemingly endless advice on  how to treat Charles. He even owned a pair of cufflinks with two C’s intertwined, representing  Charles and Camilla, but when confronted about it, he said it was just a gift between friends. Now,  a whole video could be made about the marriage and how it went so wrong so we won’t go into too  much detail, but some factors are i

mportant in the context of her death. For one, the marriage got  off to a rough start, with Diana’s bulimia getting worse, later saying she threw up “four times a  day”, and with Charles “...obsessed by Camilla totally.”. She recalls feeling the pregnancy  of William, the couple’s first child, being a godsend and helping her occupy her mind. However,  because of the pregnancy, her health was at an all time low, and with no support from any staff and  dismissal from Charles, this is when Diana sa

ys, was her first suicide attempt. She recalls that,  after an argument with Charles, she threw herself down the stairs, and was found by the Queen,  who was “absolutely horrified”. Fortunately, neither she nor the child were severely injured  and Diana later said, “I was just so desperate. I knew what was wrong with me but nobody else  around me understood me ... It was a desperate cry for help. I’m not spoiled – I just needed time  to adapt to my new position.” Nevertheless, only 2 years later

, Diana gave birth to the couple’s  second child, Harry. And as the Prince and Princess of Wales continued to do public visits,  the couple, but more specifically Diana, would be met with crowds and crowds of photographers,  as public interest had shifted more towards her, than to Charles. In the following years of their  marriage, both Diana and Charles would have affairs with different people, setting off their  own respective scandals. The Dianagate scandal came after an intimate phone call b

etween  Diana and James Gilbey, a childhood friend, was recorded and published. And Camillagate,  another intimate phone call that happened a few days earlier between Charles and Camilla  that was also recorded and published. After this became public knowledge, the couple announced  that they would separate but not formally divorce. - "It is announced from Buckingham  Palace that with regret the Prince and Princess of Wales have decided  to separate. Their Royal Highnesses have no plans to divor

ce and their  constitutional positions are unaffected." Although, the tipping point that sent the  couple into divorce is widely believed to be the now-famous interview that Diana had  done with the BBC in 1995 where she details her relationship with Charles, among other  things. Again, a whole video could be made about just this interview itself,  but all we need to know is that it, among other factors, led to the couple’s  divorce a year later, in 1996. And so, amidst the mounting controversy

and the escalating  turmoil of her personal life, the stage was set for the shocking and dramatic turn of events  that would take place in the following year. In the days leading up to her death, Diana was  facing some of the same problems she had been facing for years, and that was the paparazzi.  At this point, Diana and Prince Charles had been divorced for almost a year, and been separated for  around 6. During this time, the press, as always, were watching her actions closely, ready to repor

t  on any and everything she did. That’s why when Diana accepted an invitation to spend time with  an old friend in the summer of 1997, it became the focus of the media’s attention. As photographers  and the media were becoming incessant in the UK, Diana had wanted to take her sons to a more  private and safe environment in the south of France, somewhere they could enjoy a family  vacation. This caught most by surprise as the host, businessman Mohammed Al-Fayed was seen as  somewhat controversia

l in the UK for the bribing of politicians a few years earlier. Nevertheless,  Diana joined the family on vacation in St. Tropez, but during the trip, some have speculated  that Al-Fayed had made sure that his son, 42-year old Dodi Fayed became close with Diana,  often encouraging the two to talk and mingle. Now, whether Dodi’s father forced this relationship  or not, the two became very close during this vacation and in the months leading up to her  death, this new relationship became the main

focus of the media’s attention. These couple  months with Dodi in St. Tropez, and later on a yacht in the French and Italian Riviera, changed  everything, and it’s where some of Diana’s most famous paparazzi photos were shot including this  iconic photo. But what really drew the attention of the British public was a series of photos taken  of Dodi and Diana kissing on Al-Fayed’s yacht, these photos were later published in the  Sunday Mirror and sent shockwaves throughout the paparazzi and media,

as photographers  began to realize how much money could be made in covering the Princess of Wales’ new and  controversial relationship. After this vacation, media attention on the couple grew, with outlets  and magazines commenting on everything from her clothes, her weight, and even a rumoured  pregnancy. As more and more tabloids started picking up the story of the Princess of Wales  and Dodi, the Egyptian filmmaker, the paparazzi presence around the duo became incessant, reaching  a fatal fr

enzy on August 31, 1997. By the end of their vacation in late August, Dodi and Diana had  made a final stop in Paris before heading back to London. Their private plane landed in a small  airport on the outskirts of Paris at 3:20 pm with paparazzi already stationed at the airport to snap  their photos as they left the plane. Upon leaving the airport, the Princess and Dodi sat in one car  driven by Dodi’s regular chauffeur, and were taken to Villa Windsor, a home owned by Dodi’s father.  After mee

ting up with two of their bodyguards, they then drove to the Ritz Hotel, another hotel  owned by Dodi’s father where they would frequently stay during their short time in Paris. This is the  first place we have security camera footage of the couple’s whereabouts. The camera that you see here  is pointed at one of the hotel’s rear entrances, where Diana and Dodi enter the hotel for the first  time, followed by their bodyguard. They’re then escorted to an elevator where they stop at the  first flo

or. During the security footage, you’ll notice that the times on screen don’t quite match  up with each other, that’s because the cameras in the hotel aren’t all synced, although they're  usually within 5 minutes of the real time. Anyway, the couple then walk into the Imperial Suite, a  suite that’s usually described as the crown jewel of the hotel, and starts at $45,000 USD a night.  Around an hour later, Dodi leaves the Imperial Suite, and goes to a nearby jewelry store, Repossi  Jewellers, in

tending to pick up an engagement ring that he’d previously ordered. Now, many people  that were close to Dodi, including his butler, have later said that he was going to propose to  Diana either the same or the next day. However, many that were close to Diana, including Diana’s  older sister, many of her friends, and her butler later said that she was clear that she did  not want to get married, even saying to one of her friends over the phone, “I need marriage  like I need a rash on my face.” N

evertheless, around 7 minutes go by and Dodi doesn’t actually  leave the store with anything except a brochure. He asks the assistant president of the Ritz to  grab the rings for him later. Dodi himself returns to the Imperial Suite. Around an hour later, Diana  and Dodi finally leave the suite together and decide to go to Dodi’s apartment, staying there  for around 2 and a half hours. Throughout their trips around Paris, their car, usually driven  by the regular chauffeur Philippe Dourneau, wer

e perpetually followed by paparazzi,  but Dourneau, being an experienced driver, did his best to avoid them. Nevertheless, after  a few hours at the apartment, Diana and Dodi left for a dinner reservation they had at Chez  Benoit restaurant, but, because of the paparazzi following them during the drive, the chauffeur  was told by Dodi to change route and head to the Ritz Hotel instead, where they arrived through  the main front entrance at around 9:50 pm. But because of this change of plans, the

staff at  the Ritz Hotel weren’t prepared for them, and when the couple showed up at the main entrance of  the Ritz, there were dozens of paparazzi waiting. Upon their arrival at the Ritz, Diana and Dodi  first attempted to dine at the hotel’s restaurant, but instead chose to go up to their suite  to dine there instead. After their dinner, Diana and Dodi left their suite at around 12:05  am. It was now Sunday, August 31, 1997. Dodi and Diana wanted to spend the rest of the night at  their nearb

y apartment, the same one they went to earlier in the day. With the crowds of paparazzi  growing bigger and bigger as the couple was getting ready to leave, a ‘decoy plan’ was put in  place, supposedly by Dodi himself. Two decoy cars, driven by the couple’s usual drivers would be  placed at the front of the hotel to distract paparazzi, and a third Mercedes would pick them  up from the back exit, driven by a man named Henri Paul. Henri Paul, although the head of security  at the Ritz, was not an

accredited chauffeur. At around midnight, security footage shows Henri Paul  leading the couple to the Mercedes, but not before photographers were already snapping photos of  the couple. Dodi and Diana were sat in the back, with Henri Paul driving and Trevor Rees Jones,  the bodyguard hired by Dodi’s father to protect the couple, in the passenger seat. No one  in the car was wearing a seatbelt. Once the paparazzi had determined that the Princess  had left the hotel from the rear exit, several pa

parazzi got in their cars and pursued  the vehicle. It was now 12:20 am and Henri Paul started the journey to the apartment.  Henri drove along the predetermined route, straight on Rue Cambon, a right at Rue Rivoli, and  then, instead of going straight through onto the avenue of Champs Elysees, where they would mostly  likely get stuck in traffic, Henri drove along the embankment route of the river Seine. This is  what most professional drivers would do, but it was clear that while they were on

this road,  the paparazzi were hindering his ability to drive properly. Multiple witnesses of the Mercedes were  interviewed after the crash. Most said that the Mercedes overtook them and was going very fast.  One driver that was on the road recalls, “The car was clearly being chased by several, I would  say between four and six, motorcycles … I noticed that the vehicle, which continued traveling in the  left hand lane, was veering from side to side and having trouble keeping its line.” A driver

that  was coming out of the Alma underpass just as the Mercedes was entering recalls, “What struck me was  that it was swerving, or to be more precise it was doing a wide “zigzag” … I could also see that it  was at full throttle…”. Most professional drivers, at this point, would take the slip road here  and head towards Avenue Marceau or George V, but Henri, for whatever reason, didn’t, and headed  straight towards the Alma underpass. Maybe the car was going too fast for him to take a slight ri

ght,  or maybe the paparazzi vehicles were blocking him. Whatever the reason was, the Mercedes, now going  around 104 km/h, made a brushing contact with a white Fiat Uno, clipping its rear left bumper, and  then swerving to the right, then to the left where it crashed directly with the thirteenth pillar  of the Alma underpass. The white Fiat drove past the crash and the vehicle nor the driver have  ever been identified. The front of the car was remarkably mangled as the tunnel started filling  w

ith smoke, and Henri Paul had been pushed against the steering wheel, sounding the horn of the car.  At the time of the accident, the first confirmed people to arrive at the scene were multiple  paparazzi as they started taking photos, with some riding away before police arrived. The first  person to give medical aid to the passengers was an off-duty doctor that happened to be riding in  the opposite direction when the crash took place. He almost immediately arrived on scene to find the  four oc

cupants of the vehicle in varying states of injury. It was clear to him that the driver, Henri  Paul, and Dodi Fayed were dead, but the Princess, as well as Trevor Rees Jones were both still alive  but just barely conscious. He says he heard the Princess groaning before calling the Paris Fire  Service. Around 7 minutes later, at 12:30 am, the first of the emergency response team arrived, with  multiple other police cars and ambulances arriving in short succession. The doctors who tended to  the

Princess on the scene all recall slightly different things, but generally noted that the  Princess kept saying “My God” and was moving her head from side to side, looking at what was around  her. With the arrival of police, seven of the paparazzi at the scene were arrested and had their  film rolls and cell phones with which they were taking photos confiscated. Despite the medical  team's best efforts to stabilize her, immediately after her removal from the vehicle, the Princess  fell into cardi

ac arrest, for which she received emergency CPR to restart her heart. Due to the  instability of the Princess’s heart rate and blood pressure, it was not deemed safe to transport  her by ambulance from the site of the crash to the hospital. That is, until 1:41 am when Diana’s  blood pressure finally stabilized and she began the journey to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where  she arrived at 2:06 am. It’s important to mention that this hospital was not the closest one to the  crash site, and many ha

ve stated that the decision to take her to a further hospital was an effort  to make sure she didn’t survive, but we’ll get into that later. Trevor Rees Jones was then also  taken to the same hospital, which took a little longer as he was trapped in the car and could only  be removed after authorities cut the roof of the Mercedes off. After arriving at the hospital,  it was clear that the Princess’ injuries were imminently life threatening. By this point, she  was completely unconscious and coul

dn’t breathe on her own. Multiple x-rays were immediately  done, showing that the Princess was suffering from severe internal bleeding, and while medical  staff was trying to find the cause of the bleeding and performing multiple medical procedures to  try and stop it, the Princess went back into cardiac arrest. But this time, she couldn’t be  brought back. She was pronounced dead at 4 am. Later investigations stated that no other course  of action could’ve been taken by the medical staff to kee

p her alive. In the hours following her  death, external analyses were conducted on the Princess to confirm that there were no suspicious  circumstances related to her injuries. The pathologist doing the examination concluded that  the Princess’ injuries were consistent with a road traffic collision. And so, her body was partially  embalmed while still in Paris. Later that day, both her body and the body of Dodi Al Fayed  were returned to England for a proper burial. The sudden news of the death

of the Princess  of Wales came as a shock to the nation, and those around the world. As a much beloved  figure, affectionately coined “the People’s Princess” a premature and violent death only a  year after her official divorce raised concerns and questions from both the public, and those  close to the incident. It was no secret that Diana was shaking things up within the “establishment”,  as the kind of Princess the Crown had rarely seen, let alone approved of. For years, she  was an outcast f

rom the royal family, a known troublemaker causing discord within  the monarchy, and at her death, some began wondering whether this was the perfect way for the  establishment to get rid of her. Not to mention, at the time of her death, the mother of the future  king of England was dating an Egyptian Muslim man, with some even speculating they had plans to  marry, something that was historically out of the question for a member close to the Royal family.  This theory of coverup and conspiracy ha

d many supporters, the main and most vocal of them being  a man who’d faced personal loss in the incident himself, Mohamed al Fayed, father of Dodi. He  claimed that Dodi had plans to marry Diana, even going as far as having a ring made at the  Repossi Jewellers in Paris the night of his death, and that there was even a possibility that Diana  was pregnant, but due to the Crown’s disapproval of a non-White, Egyptian, Muslim step-father  for the future king of England, they had to rid both Dodi a

nd Diana from the public sphere  in a staged car accident jointly put out by MI6. - "Who would want them dead? And why would  anyone want to kill them? Dodi and Diana?" - "Because they still don't accept  that Dodi, my son, an Egyptian Muslim can be the stepfather of the Future King..." - "It's not easy to know that your child been slaughtered by bunch of gangsters whom they  call themselves the British royal family." Although seemingly far-fetched, the claims were  not made without basis, as th

ere were several very strange inconsistencies the night of the alleged  murder. These inconsistencies, and others that came up after the death of the Princess gained  so much traction that in 2004, Operation Paget was opened. This 800+ page report released in 2006  was a years-long investigation by the Metropolitan Police Force into the claims of conspiracy related  to the crash brought up by Mohamed al Fayed. It’s comprised of 16 chapters, each one detailing a  new angle of the death that has b

een scrutinized by the public in its claims of conspiracy,  with extensive interviews and investigations into each matter. The report starts with the  original conspiracy claim made by Mohamad al Fayed that we mentioned previously. Basically  that Prince Phillip, the husband of the Queen, had collaborated with, quote on quote, ‘Security  Services’, assuming he means the UK’s MI6, to arrange the murder of Dodi Al Fayed and  the Princess of Wales. The alleged motive was that the Princess of Wales

was pregnant  with Dodi Al Fayed’s child and there was soon to be an announcement for their engagement. It  is suggested by Mohamed Al Fayed that the Royal Family ‘could not accept that an Egyptian Muslim  could eventually be the stepfather of the future King of England’. He further alleges there was a  cover-up by the, quote on quote, ‘Establishment’ to prevent the conspiracy and murders from coming  to light. To continue, and not make this a 50 hour long video, we’ll go through and summarize t

he  evidence that debunks or further proves evidence of conspiracy, as put forth in Operation Paget’s  report. So, let's begin. According to some close to the Princess, she had been fearing for her  life for months prior to her death, in claims that implicated the “Establishment” as the perpetrators  in her riddance. One of the most popular quotes used by the media was found in a letter from Diana  to her butler Paul Burrell in October of 1995, where she states plainly: “This particular phase  i

n my life is the most dangerous, my husband is planning an ‘accident’ in my car, brake failure  and serious head injury in order to make the path clear for Charles to marry.” A scathing accusation  no doubt, one that the investigators took to the highest level, even interviewing the future king  himself, Diana’s former husband Prince Charles, with regards to the claim, but according to the  investigation, there was apparently no grounds for her concerns. Operation Paget interviewed  people close

to Diana and asked them what they thought about the letter, to which most responses  were either that they saw no reason why Diana would be afraid at that time, and that the letter  itself was written in a different way than Diana’s usual letters, suggesting that it might’ve been  faked. This concerning letter came about around the same time that the Princess expressed  concerns of tampering with her car’s brakes, likely by someone from within the government  or establishment. This concern was

recounted by her friend Simone Simmons, in a letter she had  apparently written to her, stating : “Dear Simone, as you know, the brakes of my car have been  tampered with. If something does happen to me it will be MI5 or MI6 who will have done it. Lots of  love, Diana.” But her concerns do not stop here. For months, between 1995-1997, Diana explicitly  voiced concerns multiple times regarding her fear that the “establishment”, MI6 or Prince Phillip  were planning to get rid of her, most likely i

n an accident of some sort, repeating this same fear  to multiple people many times. In one instance, she told her friend Robert Devorik after the  infamous BBC Panorama interview, “after this, they are going to kill me, I am sure Prince  Philip is involved with the security services. After this they are going to get rid of me.” In  1996, she told him “They don’t want to understand me. I am a threat in their eyes… they are  not going to kill me by poisoning me or in a big plane where others will

get hurt. They  will either do it when I am on a small plane, in a car when I am driving or in a helicopter.”  It was made very clear through not only Diana’s correspondences with others, but also in her  personal conversations with those around her that she held significant concerns of being murdered  by the establishment for years before her death, and many found this not only concerning, but  outright damning evidence that Diana, in her own words, knew the exact way they were planning  to ki

ll her, making the case for conspiracy all the more stronger. Even in the Operation  Paget report, they recognize and acknowledge the overwhelming evidence that the Princess  was fearing for her life during this time, but also provided statements from many of Diana’s  friends claiming that she’d never brought this up with them. In the end, their conclusions only  stated that “Operation Paget found no supporting evidence to show there were any grounds for [the  Princess’] concerns, even though th

ey were clearly held at that time by the Princess of Wales.” Many  have argued that one of the main causes, if not the cause of Diana’s death was the incessant and  disruptive chase of the paparazzi. Her whole life, the Princess had been seemingly tortured by  reporters, photographers, and columnists all desperate for even an ounce of insight into her  life, and this was no different the night of her death. With the amount of money they could stand  to make and the standard set by the Yacht “Kis

s” photos, paparazzi from all around were hungry for  a shot of the new couple. As discussed earlier, the second Diana and Dodi landed in Paris,  they were hounded by the paparazzi, even causing them to have to change and cancel plans as  a result of them. In the moments before the crash, it was the paparazzi who supposedly forced them  down the tunnel, and consequently, they were the first ones on the scene. Due to their heavy  involvement in the hours leading up to her death, some question why

the paparazzi were behaving the  way that they were and who notified them of Diana and Dodi’s whereabouts, all leading to the final  question: did the paparazzi have malicious intent in their actions before the Princess’ death?  Some theorize that the paparazzi were called in by a third party conspiring to cause harm to  the Princess, and therefore not only tipping off but actively encouraging the paparazzi to be  as intrusive as possible to force an accident like this one. Others suggest that

due to the high  number of paparazzi chasing the couple throughout Paris, it wouldn't be unlikely that someone with  malicious intent was able to infiltrate the group during the frenzy, some who may have been paid  by either the Establishment or MI6 to ensure that the Princess is eradicated in a way that  could easily be covered up by an accident. In their report on this theory, Operation Paget set  out to identify and question every paparazzi who was present at the Ritz hotel when Diana and Dod

i  took their fatal last drive. As mentioned earlier, when the couple left the Ritz for the last time  that night, they left through the rear exit with two “decoy” cars leaving from the front to steer  the paparazzi away from the real car carrying the princess. As a result, some paparazzi followed  the diversion car, breaking up the swarm and leaving less paparazzi with the real car carrying  the princess. Throughout the investigation and the various eye witness reports and paparazzi  testimonie

s gathered by the investigators, they found that although there were many motorcycles,  cars, and scooters that followed the Princess’ car into the Alma underpass, the accident could  not have been caused by any interference on their part, and although the first photographers  actions when they arrived on the scene, which included immediately snapping photos of  the Princess immediately after the accident, were immoral, they showed no evidence of  interfering with attempts to save the Princess.

Throughout the entire investigation, one of the  people who was scrutinized the most by police and media was Henri Paul. As the driver of the  car that killed Diana, as well as the head of security at the Ritz, various claims had been  made regarding his character, his motives, and his movements the night of the crash. Some, including  Mohamed Al Fayed himself, claimed that Henri was being paid by MI6 or the establishment to insert  himself where he should not have been, in the driver's seat of

the Princess’s car, and create  a situation that would ultimately kill both her and her boyfriend, Dodi. A bold claim, no doubt,  and one that took up almost 240 pages of quotes and evidence in the Operation Paget document,  making it the longest chapter in the entire report. With the sheer volume of evidence, it was  an incredibly difficult task for investigators to analyze all the CCTV footage, witness  statements, and various character testimonies that painted a picture of what really happene

d,  but through it all, this is what we determined. As mentioned before, Henri Paul was the head of  security at the Ritz hotel, known by his friends and colleagues to be quiet and reserved, but  good at his job, good enough to have a friendly and positive relationship with his higher ups.  As a single man, Paul lived alone, and was able to spend his ample salary on his hobbies, one of  which included airplanes and flying. All this to say he was seen by all as an average man leading  a normal li

fe. The night of the crash, Henri had been working in his usual capacity at the Ritz  hotel until around 7pm, when his shift was meant to end. Throughout the day, he had been supporting  with the coordination of getting the Princess and Dodi safely to all their appointments,  as these were very high profile guests, and with the constant threat of paparazzi, his job  was made even harder. Although, at 7pm, when he was meant to get off work, Henri left the hotel.  Now here is where his movements g

et confusing. Between the hours of 7pm and 10pm,  throughout all the investigations made, no one has ever been able to confirm what  exactly Henri Paul was doing in the 3 hours between when he left the Ritz hotel and when he  was called back. Nonetheless, at around 10pm, Henri Paul was called back to the hotel by hotel  management, telling him that Diana and Dodi, who were originally meant to be dining at a  new restaurant in Paris, had decided to return to the Ritz to dine there instead. The ho

tel,  unfortunately, was not notified of this decision, so the Princess’s return to the Ritz came as a  surprise to both the staff and the paparazzi, who immediately swarmed the vehicle while the  security had to scramble to regain control. This is when Henri was called back to the Ritz,  to support with dealing with this situation. Upon his return, CCTV cameras can see Henri entered  through the revolving doors at around 10:07pm, after which he greets two members of management  at the hotel. Th

e three then immediately head for the Bar, where they order drinks. In the hours  following, Henri is seen on CCTV cameras moving around the hotel, speaking to paparazzi, and  having conversations with various hotel guests, staff, and bodyguards. Eventually, Henri  is summoned up to the Imperial Suite along with the two bodyguards, Trevor  Rees Jones and Keiran Wingfield. Here, they are told by Dodi of the decoy plan previously  mentioned. According to the bodyguards statements, neither of them

approved of this plan, as it  was lacking multiple security measures. Firstly, Dodi was planning for the car to seat only  himself, the Princess, and a driver, but Rees Jones insisted that at least one bodyguard  should be present with them. Secondly, according to the investigation, it was never confirmed who  decided that the car driving Dodi and Diana should be driven by Henri Paul, someone who was not a  licensed chauffeur. According to Operation Paget, this plan was put in place very hastily

and, in  the end, resulted in fatal consequences. While being chased by paparazzi through the Alma tunnel,  Henri Paul, going around 104 km/h, crashed into the 13th pillar of the Alma Underpass, killing  himself and Dodi al Fayed at the scene, and severely injuring the Princess and her bodyguard,  Rees Jones. Upon the autopsy following his death, he was found to have a blood alcohol level over 3  times the legal limit in France. Now, at the time, the cause of the crash was speculated to have  b

een the result of Henri Paul’s intoxication, as well as his high speed going through the  tunnel, but Mohammad al Fayed disputed that, stating that the narrative that he was drunk was  one made by the media to create an alternative explanation to the crash. His alleged drunkenness  was meant to cover up the fact that he was paid by MI6 to crash the car purposely and kill the  occupants. The evidence for this claim was disputed and investigated heavily throughout the  inquest, but overall support

ed by the fact that neither the bodyguards, nor anyone around Henri  that night thought that he was intoxicated. Both Trevor Rees Jones and Keiran Wingfield insist  that they had no idea he had been drinking, with Keiran Wingfield stating that “‘When we were  waiting outside the suite, Henri Paul did come up just before we left. Again he wasn’t drunk. There  was no slurring of his words and when he walked up the corridor he wasn’t falling around. He was  quite tactile - he would touch your arm w

hen he was talking to you - and he stood very close to  me. I don’t smoke and neither does Trevor and I was close enough to smell cigars on him but not  drink.” But the claim was not just supported by the bodyguards, but CCTV as well. Among the hours  of CCTV footage caught by the cameras in the Ritz, one moment stood out in particular. At 23:12 Henri  Paul bends down and ties his shoelaces. It takes a total of 44 seconds. Among the hours of footage,  these few seconds caught investigators atten

tion, as a man who was apparently heavily intoxicated,  and 3 times over the legal driving limit was able to tie both his shoes with no issue, further  supporting, in the eyes of the theorists, the case for conspiracy. Now the inquests  decision that Henri Paul was intoxicated was not made without evidence, as we have receipts and  CCTV footage that show he went to the bar at the Ritz and ordered drinks, specifically 2 glasses  of Ricard, as bartenders recall serving him these drinks. These stat

ements were also corroborated  with the blood taken from Henri Paul’s autopsy that showed that he had high levels of alcohol in  his blood, indicating that he’d not only drank at the hotel bar, but also likely had been drinking  while he was off work between the hours of 7-10pm. Although, Mohammad al Fayed’s rebuttal of this  evidence actually comes from various doctors, most notably from a Professor of Forensic  Medicine in the University of Glasgow, who stated that the procedures followed to p

ull blood  from Henri Paul’s body during the post mortem analysis was not done up to normal standards,  including the identification of the sample, and could have resulted in testing a sample that  did not belong to Henri Paul. Even in its report, Operation Paget states that there were clear  problems with the procedures used to take and identify Henri’s blood, but apart from  these issues, there was no clear evidence of conspiracy. Although, this leads us to another  mystery surrounding Henri P

aul. At the time of the crash, Henri’s body was found with around FF  12,560, around $2000 USD at the time. Now this, although not “a wedge of money” as Henri’s best  friend put it, is still a significant amount of money for a person to be carrying on them. What’s  stranger is that throughout the investigation, in tracking Henri’s movements, the origin of this  money was never found. It was not pulled from his bank account, and no one could recall who gave  it to him. Some speculated that since

he was a security officer at a very high end hotel, he  could have received it from a client as a tip, as he was known to have received tips up to £500.  Although, 12,560 francs is no light tip, and one could question what he had done for that money.  Was this a payment from MI6 for the job he was about to do? This theory is further fleshed out by  the analysis of Henri’s bank accounts. During the investigation, Operation Paget was able to access  Henri’s bank accounts, all 15 of them. Throughou

t these 15 bank accounts, he was found to have had  around £170,000, the equivalent of around $275,000 USD at the time. Now this was a significant amount  of money, and in analyzing his transactions, they found a few things that did not quite  add up. Apart from regular deposits made from his paycheque and the manual transfer of money  between chequing and savings accounts, there was around £43,000 that was deposited in the last 8  months of his life that was unaccounted for. These deposits coul

d not be traced to any of his usual  paychecks, and none of his friends or co-workers could explain the sum of money. According to those  advocating for conspiracy, this money must have come from MI6, or an intelligence agency plotting  the murder of the Princess of Wales. Sure enough, during Operation Paget’s investigation of this  claim, Henri Paul did have some connection to intelligence agencies. As a result of his  “head of security” role at a high end hotel where diplomats and elites stay,

he was often  contacted by various security agencies to ensure the correct arrangements were made. Now, most of  the evidence supporting the claim that Henri was connected to intelligence agencies came from a  former MI6 agent, Richard Tomlinson, who claims that Henri was in fact an agent for MI6, “From my  time in MI6 I still feel that the circumstantial evidence around Henri Paul very strongly suggests  that he had links to the intelligence services of some nationality although I am unable to

say for  sure which one….” Although, his statements have been heavily disputed, and in Operation Paget's  own investigation into the MI6 records, no mention of Henri Paul was ever made. In fact, it wasn’t  just MI6, but another French intelligence agency known as the DST who had contact with Henri Paul,  saying in an official statement that they had tasked him “with enquiries in hotel circles.”  Although, the DST has confirmed that they were not in contact with Henri Paul the night of August  3

0th, 1997, and none of their interactions with him involved anything regarding the Princess.  Operation Paget’s final decision on the matter was that there was no solid evidence that Henri  Paul had any connection to MI6, and in his connection to the DST there is no evidence he was  providing any information regarding the Princess. One of the very first conspiracies pertaining  to the post accident treatment of the Princess came right after the accident itself, and revolved  around the medical t

eam’s decision to administer first aid at the scene rather than immediately  take her to the hospital. Once she did arrive at a hospital, around an hour and 45 minutes  later, it was the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, a facility that was NOT the nearest hospital to the  scene. Mohamad AL Fayed and other theorists state that these actions were taken specifically to  decrease the Princess’s likelihood of surviving. To respond to these claims, Operation Paget  interviewed not only the paramedics at th

e scene, but multiple hospital staff to determine  why these decisions were made. Firstly, as mentioned earlier, the Princess was treated at  the scene by the paramedics who were called. The leading doctor in charge of this team took account  of her injuries, which included trauma to multiple parts of her body as well as internal bleeding.  The doctor treating her injuries on the scene stated he made the professional decision to treat  her at the scene rather than immediately transfer her to a h

ospital due to the instability of the  Princess’ blood pressure, which would likely cause her to experience cardiac arrest if she was in a  vehicle traveling too fast. As a result, once her blood pressure stabilized, Diana was transferred  to the ambulance and taken to hospital. The ambulance was directed to drive slowly at the  request of the doctor to avoid further cardiac arrest. The decision to take the Princess  to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital instead of the closer Hôtel-Dieu hospital was mad

e by the lead  doctor handling Diana’s treatment, who decided that Hôtel-Dieu didn’t have the proper equipment  to deal with the Princess’ level of injuries. On the other hand, he knew that Pitié-Salpêtrière  Hospital not only had the best trained staff to handle the multiple injuries Diana sustained, but  also knew that one of his colleagues, an expert in treating these injuries, was on duty at the  hospital that night. As a result of these factors, the lead doctor used his professional experti

se  to make the decision to take the Princess to the further, yet better equipped hospital, and  therefore this decision was not a result of malicious or ulterior motives. Now, in the  minutes to hours after the Princess's death, everyone involved in the incident now had to deal  with the daunting task of not only notifying those who needed to know, but properly handling the body  of the Princess of Wales. In this struggle, one of the biggest questions that arose later on was  the seemingly rash

decision to partially embalm the Princess’s body. In the hour after her death,  French doctors had already completed an external evaluation of Diana’s body, determining that her  injuries were consistent with those of a traffic accident, and therefore had no reason to suspect  any other cause of death. After this conclusion was made, Diana’s body sat in a hot and gradually  warming hospital room, where the next main concern for medical staff was slowing the decomposition  of the body. Knowing t

he Princess would likely be seen by members of the Royal Family, an expert  suggested that starting the process of embalming would make the Princess’s body more presentable  and less traumatizing for those who had to see it. Although, theorists state that embalming was done  at the guidance of MI6 as an effort to conceal Diana’s alleged pregnancy. In the months prior to  her death, various news outlets and tabloids had speculated that the Princess was pregnant with  Dodi’s child, something that

the Establishment would never allow, therefore MI6 ordered the  embalming to conceal it, as embalming fluid interferes with the validity of a pregnancy test.  In reality, a pregnancy test was never done on the Princess because there was no medical reason to,  and no viable belief that she was indeed pregnant. The man put in charge of embalming the body also  had all of the permissions required to do so, as all the doctors had already completed their  evaluations, and therefore the decision to em

balm was a completely legal act. The very last point  that adds to the claim for conspiracy is the suspicious handling of the Princess’s clothes  after her death. According to the hospital, the clothes Diana was wearing at the time of  the crash were released to her butler, who signed for them when he came to the hospital and  brought them back to Kensington Palace, although, strangely, Diana’s butler has no memory of signing  or receiving these clothes, and his first memory of seeing them was i

n a bag in Kensington Palace.  In its investigation, Operation Paget attributes this memory loss to the high-stress and trauma her  butler was experiencing that day. Although, it was not just the arrival of the clothes to Kensington  Palace that was suspicious to theorists, but what was done to them after arrival. Upon receiving the  clothes, the Princess’s butler burned the clothes that were on the Princess the night of the crash.  This decision was made after a discussion with Diana’s friend,

who advised the butler that the  clothes would serve no purpose to anyone now, and the safest way to deal with this potential health  hazard was to burn them. Although many found this strange, all Operation Paget has to say about this  is that there is no concrete evidence that this act could have been a result of ulterior motives.  Whether you believe that or not, is your decision. One of the biggest mysteries surrounding this  case, and one that has never been solved, revolves around a White F

iat Uno that  was potentially involved in the crash that killed the Princess. According to multiple  eyewitness statements, at the time of the crash, there was a White two door Fiat Uno that was  traveling erratically through the Alma tunnel, often swerving from side to side. This car was  described to have been old, and showed signs of longtime use. The driver was said to have been  a white male, likely between the age of 40-50, with a large dog with a bandana sitting in the  car as well. Accor

ding to both the eyewitness statements as well as scratches on the body of  the Mercedes car the Princess was driving in, this white Fiat Uno had made brushing  contact with the Princess’s Mercedes, which could have contributed to the accident that  killed her. Now after Diana’s death, the original investigation led by French Police was tipped off  by a paparazzi who was closely following Diana and Dodi’s relationship, who also happened to own  a White Fiat Uno. This man was James Andanson, a kn

own photojournalist situated in the South of  Paris. James was part of a group of journalists and paparazzi who closely followed the Princess’s  new relationship, and was actually in St Tropez at the time the Jonikal pictures were taken,  although, what interested investigators most, was his ownership of a White Fiat Uno that very  closely matched the description of the one that was traveling through the Alma tunnel at the  time of the accident. During their initial investigation, the French pol

ice first interviewed  James’ family of his whereabouts the night of the crash. Of the two people they interview in his  family, his wife and 18-year-old son, his wife specifically strongly confirms that James was home  with her the night of August 30th into the 31st, even providing times that she saw him. However,  his son provides a slightly different account, claiming that his father was not home the night  of August 30th, and had likely left the house. Although, the investigation does conced

e that  James’ son was at his friends house that night and arrived home late, when both his mother and father  were already in bed, so he was unlikely to have seen his father before he went to sleep, leading  him to believe he was not home. Apart from his family, other paparazzi and colleagues were asked  about his whereabouts, and most confirm that he was not in Paris at the time, as he was not seen  at the Ritz by anyone present, nor was he caught in any of the CCTV footage. Although, there wa

s  one colleague who did state that he was in Paris, and in her recount of events, she claims that  although she was not personally at the Ritz or at the tunnel at the time of the accident,  James had apparently told her later on that he was indeed at the Ritz the night of the crash, and  that he was apparently in possession of photos of the crash that would quote “cause a real stir when  they were published”. This conversation had taken place during Christmas of 1997 at her home when he  visite

d her to complete a photographic assignment. She stated that he seemed to be bragging about  this, and was looking to seek her father's help in writing a book regarding the death of the  Princess, that would include the pictures in its publication. The witness also states that  both she and her daughter were in the home at the time of the conversation, and both confirm and  corroborate the story they were told. Upon hearing this recount of events and the story that James  supposedly told this co

lleague, the investigators of Operation Paget determined that although the  witnesses seem to be truthful and have no ulterior motives, there is much more overwhelming evidence  that James was not in Paris at the time of the crash, and this story that was told to them  was likely a fabrication. Regardless of these eyewitness accounts, the investigators turned  their eye to the Fiat Uno in James’ possession. The car itself was said to have matched the  description given by witnesses at the scene,

as it was the same color, make, and model, and it  matched the description of being old and heavily used, at the time of the crash James’ Fiat Uno  was found to have over 300,000 km of mileage on it. During the initial French investigation,  French police thoroughly examined the car, and during this examination they found that there  were multiple parts of the car that were either repainted or replaced, specifically areas on the  left side, where investigators determined was the likely point of

contact this car must have  had with the Princess’s Mercedes. Although, this repainting and replacement is what actually  led investigators to rule this car out from the one involved in the crash for a couple reasons.  First, the original paint on the car, Bianco 210, didn’t match the paint scratch left on  the Mercedes during the crash. Second, it was found out that the paint job done of the  repainted parts of James’ Fiat Uno were done well before the time of the accident, indicating that  th

e paint job wasn’t an attempt to hide anything on the vehicle. Both James’ wife and son were  also adamant that the Fiat Uno belonging to James had been at the house the entire night of  August 30th, and could not have been in Paris at the time of the crash. Now you may be wondering,  throughout the investigation, why is it that all the witness testimonies come from James' wife and  son? Why did James not testify in his own defense? The answer to this question, although simple, is  the centrepoi

nt to another very troubling mystery. James died in a car fire on May 4, 2000. His  car was found in a remote and secluded forested area in the South of France, where his body was  found burned in his car after an accelerant was poured over himself and his vehicle. His death was  ruled a suicide. According to the investigation by French police at the time of his death, James had  apparently discussed his suicidal thoughts with his friends, and had even detailed that he would  do it by setting hi

mself on fire in his car. The reason for his suicidal ideation seemed to be  unclear, as some friends remember him saying if anything happened to his family, he’d commit  suicide, or if his wife ever left him, he’d commit suicide, or just plainly, that he wanted to commit  suicide. Some also stated he was concerned about how he would fund his son's new car racing career,  but investigation into his bank accounts showed steady income, and no indication of financial  burden. Some, including Mohame

d al Fayed, pointed to this very suspicious death as an indication of  conspiracy, stating the owner of the Fiat Uno who was most likely there the moment the Princess’s  car crashed, was murdered by MI6 to stop him from divulging what he saw and what he did. Although,  throughout the police investigation and eyewitness statements, the only point of suspicion was  a hole found in the left side of James head at his time of death, which was later determined  to have been a result of the fire rather

than any external factor. All eyewitness statements claim  that he was alone in the car when he was driving on his way to the forest the night of his death,  and there was no evidence of another vehicle or another person around when he died, definitively  confirming his death to have been a suicide. - "It is heartbreaking to lose such a human  being especially when she was only 36. This is not a time for recrimination but  for sadness. However I would say that I always believed the Press would

kill her  in the end, but not even I could imagine..." The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, came  as a shock to Britain and the world. Whether it was her lifelong advocacy, from clearing  landmines in Angola to breaking myths against those suffering from AIDS during the AIDS crisis,  or her vulnerability about her life and struggles with mental health, love for Diana was cemented  in the hearts of the people, and at her death, the millions she touched mourned her loss. In the days  following h

er death, millions of people came to Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, and the Alma  tunnel in Paris to lay flowers to remember her. The volume of people coming out to remember the  Princess was so high that the Palace had to ask mourners to stop leaving flowers, as the amount of  bouquets left at Kensington Gardens had reached 5 feet deep in some areas. Her funeral, a few days  later, became one of the most watched broadcasted events in history, with over 3 million mourners  in person, arou

nd 31.5 million viewers nationwide, and approximately 2.5 billion people who watched  the funeral around the world. Although, with such a high profile death as Diana’s, the royal  family was not exempt from scrutiny during this time. After years of sentiments that the royal  family was excluding and ostracizing the princess, the public had much to say about their handling  of her funeral. Particularly, the fact that her public address regarding Diana’s death came late,  5 days after the accident

. Buckinham palace was also fearful for Prince Charles, as his treatment  of Diana had made him deeply unlikeable to the British public, made worse by the fact that many  criticized him for wearing a navy blue suit to her funeral, rather than the traditional mourner’s  black. His reasoning for this decision was simple: Diana always preferred him in blue. Diana’s  funeral had also set an entirely new precedent when it came to the flag above Buckingham palace,  as it stood bare for days after Dian

a’s death, unlike the many flags across England that had  been lowered to half mast. The reason the flagpole stood bare was because the Queen was not currently  in residence at Buckingham Palace, and the royal standard could never be flown at half mast because  it was a symbol of the monarchy, but in the face of mounting public pressure, Buckingham palace  flew the British flag for the first time, lowering it half mast at her funeral. The impact of her  death on the public was also tangible, and

led to something Britain had rarely seen before, called  the “Diana effect”, which led to a significant increase in the suicide rate, specifically among  women of similar age to Diana, as well an increase in people reaching out to mental health services  for issues relating to grief and depression. In the week of her death and funeral, calls to police  had dropped around 30%, with a 28% drop in public offenses. According to a poll done by the Guardian  of over 1000 people, almost a quarter of t

hem voted that Princess Diana’s death was the most  significant event in British history in the last 100 years. The global impact of Princess Diana  is an irreplaceable part of British history, and has led to an entirely new and more modern  take on a century’s old monarchy. Her ability to completely revitalize the public view of the royal  family made her a royal the world had never seen, and is likely to never see again. Her  influence has truly stood the test of time, and in the hearts of the

millions who loved her,  she will forever remain the People’s Princess.