Top lawyer says Princess Diana 'was killed after plan to frighten her went wrong'

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"Soldier N", an apparently "credible" former SAS officer who gave evidence in the Danny Nightingale trial (who was prosecuted for keeping a handgun and ammunition under his bed at home), now claims the SAS assassinated Diana on order from MI6.

Credible one moment, but now said to be a "loose canon"...

Make of it what you will.

Princess Diana assassination claim: SAS man a reliable witness'

THE elite special forces officer behind a new claim that Princess Diana was killed by the SAS should be accepted as a credible witness, an expert on the circumstances of her death said last night.

By: Giles Sheldrick
Published: Sat, August 24, 2013

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The explosive new allegation that the Princess was killed by crack SAS soldiers acting on orders from MI6 emerged with the disclosure of a letter written by the officer's mother-in-law. In it she claims he told his wife his crack unit "arranged" Diana's death.
After extracts of the letter were published earlier this week, the officer was branded a "loose cannon" whose word could not be trusted. But now leading investigator John Morgan has come forward to insist the SAS man, known as Soldier N, will emerge as a "witness of truth" and that his allegations will be proved correct.
The author spoke out after the dramatic new allegation forced the Met Police to contact Prince Charles to notify him of their interest. It has prompted widespread calls for a fresh inquiry.
The seven-page letter by Soldier N's mother-in-law was written around the time his marriage collapsed in September 2011. In the letter, the mother-in-law says Soldier N also boasted about killing women and children. She claimed he once threatened to "make his wife disappear".Despite suggestions that Soldier N's claims cannot now be relied upon, only weeks earlier he was regarded as a credible "witness of truth" whose sworn testimony was believed by the military tribunal that convicted his former housemate and fellow SAS sniper Danny Nightingale of illegally possessing a gun and ammunition.
Dodi Fayed also dies in the Paris car crash
Mr Morgan said: "One of the most interesting aspects is that the British authorities have known about this for two years.
"The letter from the mother-in-law of the SAS soldier was sent in September 2011 and its only now in August 2013 they are starting to look into it it shows they don't take this sort of thing seriously.
"The allegation is that Soldier N told his wife the SAS were involved in the assassination of Princes Diana and it's been covered up. Does he dream it up out of thin air? I don't think so. It's hard to believe he would be making this up.

The truth will eventually come out, just not while The Queen is still alive. Prince William will want to know what occurred and he will be pushing for a proper investigation
Mr Morgan

"The other factor is that it does fit with overall picture of the evidence. There is substantial evidence that shows MI6 involvement in the assassination."
Australian Mr Morgan, who has who has written a series of books on Diana's death, said it was well documented that MI6 now known as the Secret Intelligence Service employed SAS operatives on secret missions abroad.
He said it was possible SAS assassins were disguised as motorbike riders following the car in which Diana 36, and her lover Dodi Fayed, 42, the son of Mohamed Al Fayed, were killed. Their Mercedes crashed into a concrete pillar in the Pont de l'Alma underpass in central Paris on August 31,1997.
A jury in the 2008 inquest into their deaths blamed their driver, Henri Paul and paparazzi photographers following them on motorcycles. In his inquest summing up Lord Justice Scott Baker said there was not a shred of evidence to support conspiracy allegations. Operation Paget, a subsequent Met Police inquiry also concluded that the deaths were an accident.
Mr Morgan said: "The truth will eventually come out. It (just) won't come out while The Queen is still alive. (Prince) William will want to know what occurred and he will be pushing to have a proper investigation."
Last night a Yard spokesman said the Met was "scoping information recently received and assessing its relevance and credibility" but stressed it was not a re-investigation.

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