Henri Paul’s dad, Jean, says he fears he will go to his grave without knowing the full story behind the crash
The dad of Diana’s death crash driver Henri Paul claims UK police told him she was murdered.
Jean, 85, said: “Inside Scotland Yard, some believe there was a secret plot to kill Diana.”
In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, Jean has told how he fears he will go to his grave without knowing the full story behind the crash that killed his son Henri , Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.
But he remains convinced the royal and her lover were deliberately killed in a bid to stop the future king of Britain’s mum marrying a Muslim – and the couple’s chauffeur was “collateral damage”.
Despite a string of official enquiries ruling Diana and Dodi died in a tragic accident when French driver Henri crashed their car while drunk in a Paris tunnel, Jean insists they were targeted in an Establishment plot.
And he claims some British police investigating the smash also believe the pair were “bumped off”.
In an emotional interview at his home in Lorient, Brittany, Jean – who has studied the evidence and seen classified information surrounding the tragedy over the past 20 years – said: “Diana was killed and my son was killed. I believe they were both murdered. My son was simply collateral damage of a plot to kill Diana and they killed him as well.
“I am 100% sure he was not involved in this plot. He was too honourable and too honest. The English police came here to visit me and sat exactly where you are sitting now.
“Even inside Scotland Yard there are two sides. One believes there was a secret plot to kill Diana, the other believes it was a genuine accident.
“Even today there are too many classified secrets with this incident.
“I have no real hope to know what really happened. Perhaps it will be known in 30 or 50 years. But I would really like to know before I die. But I don’t think it will happen.”
And the former council worker angrily hit back at claims Henri, 41, was boozed up at the time of the crash in August 1997. He added: “He was not an alcoholic. He was not a drug addict. That’s just lies.”
He claimed his son’s blood sample could have been swapped or tampered with to make it appear he had drink in his system.
Jean, who saw Henri’s body at a hospital, said: “On that day there were over 20 autopsies that took place and it was easy for the authorities to switch blood samples to show alcohol was present in the sample they said was Henri’s.
“That is what I believe happened.”
The jury at Diana’s inquest, which heard from 250 witnesses and lasted three months found the 36-year-old and Dodi, 42, had been unlawfully killed and the deaths were the result of “gross negligence” on the part of Henri and paparazzi who were following their Mercedes on motorbikes.
And in 2013, the Met dismissed reports claiming SAS troops were behind the couple’s death, insisting there was “no credible evidence” of secret service involvement.
There were also allegations a mystery white Fiat Uno could have collided with Diana and Dodi’s car.
But frail Jean said: “It took them over an hour to get Princess Diana to hospital and that is when they made arrangements to make up the story about the Fiat Uno, the white car. It was a diversion and a decoy.
CCTV footage showing Henri Paul (left), Diana, Princess of Wales (centre) with Dodi Fayed (right) inside the Ritz Hotel before the crash (
Image: PA)
