|
3
|
Saturday, 14 February 2004,
12:37 PM / from Yahoo.com
New Princess Di tapes to be aired on US TV
|
LONDON (AFP) - A
private video made by the late Princess Diana in which she talks about the
breakup of her marriage and her relations with other members of the British
royal family will be shown on the NBC television network in the United States
next month, it was reported.
The Daily Telegraph report said the tape was made in 1993, a year after her
separation from her husband, Prince Charles, by the princess's voice coach,
Peter Settelen. It said it shows her talking about how Charles
"dismissed" her from their marriage.
The Daily Telegraph said the program was certain to be bought by a British
television channel following its airing on March 4 and 11 in the United States.
The newspaper added that the documentary also would include excerpts from the
audio tapes that formed the basis for Andrew Morton's book "Diana, Her True
Story."
In these, the Princess, who was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1998, also
discusses her struggle with bulimia, an eating disorder, her husband's affair
with Camilla Parker Bowles, and attempts at suicide.
Spokesman for Buckinghman Palace and Clarence House, respectively the homes of
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, declined to comment on the report.
A royal source quoted by the newspaper said: "It's no surprise that the
audio tapes that were provided to Andrew Morton are being aired, but the videos
are a different thing."
The Telegraph said royal advisers were under the impression that the tape
obtained by NBC was in the possession of the police as part of the legal wrangle
involving the Princess's former butler, Paul Burrell, and the executors of her
estate.
|
|
1
|
2
|
Friday, 06 February 2004, 8:37 PM / from Yahoo.com
French Investigator Rejects Diana Plot
PARIS - As a British
coroner embarked on a new probe into the death of Princess Diana, a former
French investigator in the case on Friday rejected claims that murder or
conspiracy were to blame.
Jean-Claude Mulles Mulles, a retired investigator for the Paris police criminal
brigade, accused news media of dredging up "fantastical theories"
about the August 1997 car crash in Paris that killed Diana, her boyfriend Dodi
Fayed and their driver.
"Everything indicated that this was a traffic accident," Mulles said
in an interview with The Associated Press.
"The French investigation never took up the theory of a conspiracy,"
he said. "No element leading in that direction came into the hands of the
French judicial system."
British royal coroner Michael Burgess has asked Britain's metropolitan police
commissioner, Sir John Stevens, to examine the claim. Stevens has said his
investigation could include questioning of Prince Charles, Diana's ex-husband.
Mulles made the comments as Burgess met officials from the French Justice
Ministry. Officials at the ministry and the British Embassy in Paris declined to
comment other than to confirm the meeting.
Burgess also was expected to visit the tunnel where the crash occurred, part of
an inquest that began Jan. 6.
Paris police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Burgess was to
stay in Paris through the weekend. No reconstruction of the events leading to
the crash has been planned, the sources said.
French investigators found that the Mercedes carrying Diana and Dodi had a brush
with a Fiat Uno before the crash. Investigators are not sure how the Fiat might
have been involved. French police questioned almost 3,000 owners of Fiat Unos
but failed to locate the one in question.
"The Mercedes struck a vehicle, the driver lost control of the wheel,"
Mulles said. "The evidence collected on the scene ... showed that."
Asked why investigators did not find the Fiat, Mulles said: "I'd respond
that it was just bad luck."
|
|
1
|
Friday, 06 February 2004, 3:01 PM / from Yahoo.com
Coroner probing Diana death to visit Paris crash site: reports
LONDON (AFP) -
British coroner Michael Burgess was due to travel to Paris as part of an
investigation into the death of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed, British
media reports said.
According to the BBC web site, which did not name a source for the report,
Michael Burgess was to be accompanied by British police investigators and was
expected to speak to French officials involved in the probe into Diana's death.
Diana and Fayed died in late-night crash in a road tunnel in the centre of the
French capital in 1997, one year after Diana's divorce from Prince Charles, the
heir to the British throne.
Scotland Yard refused to confirm or deny the report and no one from the
coroner's office was available for comment.
According to the British news agency the Press Association (PA) Burgess was due
to visit the Ritz hotel, where Diana and Dodi Fayed began their fatal last
journey, as well as the crash site near the river Seine.
"The brief trip is expected to last only a few days and Scotland Yard
Commissioner Sir John Stevens, who Mr Burgess asked to investigate the
circumstances of Diana's death, may visit the French capital at a later
date," according to PA.
Following a two-year investigation, the French authorities concluded that the
accident was chiefly the result of Paul driving too fast under the influence of
alcohol and prescription drugs.
|
|
|
|
Would you like to
know the latest news about Princess Diana?
I recommend to you:
http://search.Princess+Diana
|
|
|