Former Scotland Yard chief Lord Stevens will today reveal his long-awaited report into the death of the Princess of Wales. But will it silence the conspiracy theorists? Guy Adams reports
Let’s get straight to the point. There was no cover-up, no murder plot, and no sabotage. No secret service hit-men were involved, and any half-Muslim baby was but a twinkle in Dodi Fayed’s eye.
That, at least, is the likely verdict of Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, who will today give his final verdict on how the world’s most famous woman actually died.
At midday, in a conference centre next to the Houses of Parliament, the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police will piece together the events that saw Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in a Paris underpass one Sunday morning in 1997.
His £2 million inquiry, one of the most complex and expensive police investigations in recent history, is expected to conclude what many have always believed: Diana’s death was a tragic accident.
Stevens will claim the Princess was killed when a Mercedes S280 being driven by a drunk man, and pursued by several paparazzi photographers, crashed into a pillar in the Pont d’Alma tunnel. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
Before the world’s media, he plans to forensically examine, and then discard, the various claims, counter-claims and conspiracies that surround the most talked-about death since JFK was picked-off from a grassy knoll in Dallas.
Princes William and Harry, who were passed a copy of the report last night, are said to have welcomed its findings.
Not everyone is convinced, though. Forty per cent of the British public have also weighed-up the evidence – and they detect a distinct whiff of fish about Diana’s untimely death. The most vociferous conspiracy theorist is Mohammed Fayed, whose son, Dodi, also died in the fatal crash.
He has long claimed that the couple were murdered as part of a complex plot involving Prince Philip and Mi6, and has scheduled his own press conference for later in the afternoon.
“Mo’s got dossiers and dossiers of evidence, and is going to start publicising them in all sorts of arenas,” said an associate yesterday.
“There’s a book project, TV documentaries, and even a Harvey Weinstein film on the cards. This issue is not going to go away. He’s still a father grieving for his eldest son, and won’t let this lie.”
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