The mystery of Princess Diana’s death: the strangest versions

Exactly 25 years ago, on August 31, 1997, around midnight, a Mercedes car left the Ritz Hotel in Paris and soon crashed into a tunnel under the Alma bridge, less than 1.5 km from the Eiffel Tower. In the car were Princess Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, their chauffeur Henri Paul and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones. As a result of the accident, everyone died except Rees-Jones – he was the only person in the car to wear a seat belt.

A week later, on September 6, 1997, Diana’s funeral was held at Westminster Abbey. as he wrote CNNAround 2.5 billion people watched the ceremony around the world. Diana was buried at her parents’ Althorp estate in Northamptonshire.

The investigation into the causes of the accident took almost ten years. In December 2006, after the end of the investigation into the death of Princess Diana (dubbed “Operation Paget”), British police released a report saying she had died in an accident. The accident occurred due to the fault of the driver, Henri Paul, who was driving drunk and aggravated by the effect of antidepressants. However, there are many theories about how Princess Diana “really” died.

Some were so pervasive and persuasive that the police, with the help of the Daily Express newspaper and deceased Dodi’s father, Egyptian billionaire Mohammed Al-Fayed, had to test 175 theories about what happened that night.

Millions of pounds were spent on this, but none of these versions were truly considered true. But conspiracy theories continue to exist.

Diana allegedly killed by authorities

Many conspiracy theories arose from Princess Diana’s belief that they wanted to kill her. As proof, a letter that Lady Dee entrusted to butler Paul Burrell has been made public.

“October, I’m sitting here at my desk today and I miss someone hugging me and encouraging me to keep my spirits up and my head held high. This particular phase of my life is the most dangerous. <...> there is an “accident” that will happen to my car, the brakes will fail and [я получу] serious head injury. This will pave the way for Charles to marry,” the letter said.

Diana was really worried about her safety and especially the condition of the vehicles because her car wasn’t always in good shape. Shortly before writing the letter, the princess’ bodyguard died in an accident that British authorities believed had been incited.

Diana allegedly pregnant

Dodi Al Fayed’s father, businessman Mohammed Al Fayed, believed that Princess Diana was pregnant with his son, but the British authorities could not allow such an event.

“The royal family could not accept the fact that a Muslim Egyptian could be the stepfather of the future king of England,” said Mohammed Al Fayed’s words. Independent. Because of this, the institution allegedly decided to kill Lady Dee.

Talk about a possible pregnancy of the princess arose a few weeks before Diana’s death during her vacation with her boyfriend in France. After the autopsy of the body, the pregnancy was not confirmed, the same was proved by blood tests.

Diana was allegedly killed by a photographer in a white Fiat.

The new documentary series Investigating Diana: Death In Paris, which aired on British television channel Channel 4 ahead of the 25th anniversary of the princess’s death, was based on the theory that the car crash was allegedly caused by a white Fiat Uno. . He could have cut the car with Diana because she hit a pole and rolled over.

According to French investigators, eyewitnesses that night saw a white Fiat Uno coming out of the tunnel with its driver focused in the rear view mirrors. Later, traces of white paint were found on the crushed Mercedes.

Fabrice Cuvillier, spokesman for the Paris crime brigade, argued that the Fiat Uno was in the supplies and there was no “duck” to avert the eyes of the police. “I think the only door left open is the expression of the Fiat Uno driver” weather words of his colleague Eric Gigou.

The investigation revealed that the owner of the car was French photographer James Andanson, who had photographed Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed shortly before they died. He was not involved in the tragedy, but died a year later under mysterious circumstances, which was considered suicide.

Driver Henri Paul allegedly inciting an accident

According to conspiracy theorists, driver Henri Paul not only became the head of security at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, but also collaborated with the secret services of France or Great Britain or both. According to them, Paul deliberately provoked the accident and was not drunk at the time of the collision. Allegedly, information about his drunkenness was deliberately circulated by the media in order to hide the murder, and another person’s body was replaced at the crash site.

Many find this version plausible because Paul didn’t seem drunk when he left the Ritz hotel, accompanied by Diana, Al Fayed, and security guards. And they had much more money in their account than the police had expected.

Doctors allegedly let Diana die

Proponents of this theory are confident that Princess Diana would have survived if she had been taken to the hospital immediately and first aid was not given at the scene. However, in France, according to the rules, ambulance crews have to provide maximum assistance to the victim at the scene, while in England they try to get a person to a medical facility faster.

As the British police stated in their Operation Paget report, there is no evidence that there was a medical conspiracy not to provide aid to Diana.

Also, it’s impossible to say whether Diana would have survived had she been hospitalized immediately. In any case, the doctors said that the injuries received were incompatible with life.

Diana was still alive after the accident, but in critical condition. He suffered a concussion, a broken arm and extensive chest injuries, according to British media. The princess was taken to the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, where the doctors performed a two-hour operation, but she never regained consciousness. She died of internal bleeding at 4:53 am on August 31, 1997.

For the past 25 years, it has been customary to blame the paparazzi for the death of Princess Diana, who was chasing her car in Paris – although the investigation proved that the photographers did not break the rules and create an emergency. However, fans of conspiracy theories have more disturbing versions: for example, Diana’s pregnancy or the inaction of doctors. “socialbites.ca” – about conspiracy theories about the death of Lady Dee.



Source: Gazeta

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