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DIANA INQUEST HALTED AS NEW EVIDENCE EMERGES

Henri Paul was driving Diana the night of the crash

Tuesday April 1,2008

By Nicola McCafferty for express.co.uk

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THE inquest into the death of Princess Diana has been dramatically halted today after the potential discovery of new evidence from the body of Henri Paul.

Coroner Lord Justice Baker stopped his summing-up to the jury after receiving an email from France referring to a possible sample from the body of Princess Diana's driver Henri Paul.

Previous tests on blood and other samples from Mr Paul, the Paris Ritz Hotel’s acting head of security, showed that he was three times the French drink-drive limit when he crashed the Mercedes in which Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed, were killed.

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But having gone six months down the road it seems desirable that we should bottom out this problem before we go any further

Lord Justice Baker

Today's revelations will be welcomed by Dodi's father, Mohamed al Fayed, who has always believed that the samples were faked or switched, pointing to question marks over the labelling of vials of blood.

It had been believed that the samples were lost or destroyed and questions remained over a DNA test on one which appeared to show it was from Mr Paul.

After briefly adjourning for legal argument, the coroner brought the jury back into court to send them away for an early lunch while an accurate translation of the email from France was obtained.

He told the jury: “The cause of asking you to retire was that this morning we received an email from the French giving information in relation in very broad terms, although we have not been able to get a proper translation of it yet, to do with samples and Henri Paul.

“Whether this contains anything that is new seems very doubtful.

“Whether it does contain anything that is relevant also seems pretty doubtful."

The Coroner added: “But having gone six months down the road it seems desirable that we should bottom out this problem before we go any further.”

The inquest, which has been running since October 2, has heard from around 250 witnesses giving evidence at the High Court in London as well as by video link from France, the US, Nigeria, Kenya and Australia.

Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed were killed in a car crash in the Alma tunnel in Paris in August 1997.

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DIANA: HIDDEN EVIDENCE

03.05.08, 1:51pm

To whom this may concern

The inquest into the death of Diana has not considered all of the evidence available.

JON KING and JOHN BEVERIDGE, who are the authors of the book entitled: 'DIANA: THE HIDDEN EVIDENCE',

should have been summoned to give evidence at the inquest as they claim to have information that was published in their book

EG. That the mercedes car was taken at gunpoint, then later returned. They say that the car was then fitted with a

device that can remotely control cars and this was developed by the SAS who called it the 'BOSTON BRAKES'.

That information about this device came from Sir Ralph Fiennes, who was a member of the SAS.

One of the authors also said in the book that some days before the crash a person known as 'STEALTH' an ex-CIA officer

had told him that something major was going to happen in the next few days.

The authors have also updated their information in a subsequent book called: 'PRINCESS DIANA: THE EVIDENCE'

Apparently there is a film in production called: 'THE HIDDEN TRUTH' that is based upon the books aforementioned.

Link to the filmmakers website: www.princessdianamovie.com/home.htm

Here is a link to a website that is selling a new film that has the authors of the book

speaking about the above in great detail and much more: www.ladydiedvd.com

I just do not understand why the coroner has not called these authors who claim so much in their book.

Surely in would be in the public interest to have done so, as people will will now say that not all the evidence available

has been heard at the inquest. The consequences of this are only too apparent.

• Posted by: JE70 • Report Comment

DEARY ME

30.04.08, 12:10pm

something is working,

• Posted by: jessica • Report Comment

DON'T WORRY

04.04.08, 2:09pm

I did take it the way you wanted me to. My sense of humour can be wicked also. Ha ha. Time for a nice cup of tea methinks - I'll try finding your Italian crackers at Trader Joes today - super little deli sort of chain

• Posted by: crowood • Report Comment

CROWOOD ............

04.04.08, 2:04pm

Crowood it was a joke lol. I am sorry but I have a wicked sense of humour sometimes.

• Posted by: Nimue • Report Comment

OF COURSE NOT - PUSH YOU OVERBOARD INDEED

04.04.08, 1:51pm

you really don't know me very well at all Nimue - just thought we could all sit round have a few drinks and put the world to rights. Women usually have the best ideas - don't you agree

• Posted by: crowood • Report Comment

WHY CROWOOD ARE YOU THINKING OF THROWING ME........

04.04.08, 1:24pm

Why crowood are you thinking of throwing me overboard and only rescuing me when I come over to the accident way of thinking lol?

• Posted by: Nimue • Report Comment

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