Crime and Punishment Part V

 

The death of Diana of Wales unleashed a wave of conspiracy theories that came to point directly at the British royal family, an unprecedented event. Questions raised mainly by lawyers for Dodi's billionaire father, who said the death of Lady Di and her son was part of a conspiracy by Britain's secret services. According to al Fayed, the Princess of Wales was pregnant with Dodi and they would soon become engaged. The British royal family, which owns Harrod's department store, had been behind the accident to "murder" them and thus cover up "the real shame" of their relationship. However, the exhaustive investigations carried out by the authorities in France and the United Kingdom reached a unanimous conclusion: there was no conspiracy, it was an accident and Henri Paul, the driver of the Mercedes in which they were traveling, was driving drunk.

Contrary to the conclusions reached by the French police, the British justice did think that the photographers chasing the car were a factor that led to the accident. It will also end that the speed and the fact that Diana and Dodi were not wearing seat belts were also defining.

Days after the accident, the Paris prosecutor's office concluded that Henri Paul had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit and held him responsible for the accident. In addition, the report established the high speed at which the car was traveling and that Paul was not a professional driver, but the deputy director of security at the Ritz hotel where the princess and Dodi dined shortly before his death.