17-08-2013, 07:49 PM
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Scotland Yard examines new information on death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Scotland Yard has confirmed it is examining new information alleging the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was a criminal act.
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Princess Diana, Nigeria, 1990.
The Metropolitan Police is assessing new information it has recently received about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997.
Scotland Yard said it was "scoping" the information and "assessing its relevance and credibility".
It said it was "not a re-investigation" into the deaths of the couple in a Paris car crash on 31 August 1997.
An inquest in 2008 found they had been unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence" of their driver.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the assessment would be carried out by officers from the specialist crime and operations command.
It added that the deaths had been "thoroughly investigated and examined" by the inquest held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
A Met Police spokesman said that the force would "not discuss the source of the information" it was assessing.
A royal spokeswoman also said there would be no comment on the matter from Prince William or Prince Harry, or from Clarence House.
It said last night that it had asked specialist detectives to examine new allegations and evidence passed to it "recently".
The claims were given to the force in the last few days by the Royal Military Police, who were told of them by the parents-in-law of a former soldier, sources said.
The dossier is said to include a reference to the SAS and to the Princess's "secret diary" according to one report. Scotland Yard declined to confirm the content or origin of the material.
Officers from the specialist crime and operations command will carry out the "scoping" exercise to assess if a full-scale investigation is justified into whether the Princess, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul were murdered.
Last night's disclosure comes in spite of the inquest into the death of the Princess and Mr Fayed dismissing any claims of murder made by Mohammed Fayed, Dodi's father, and conspiracy theorists.
Scotland Yard has confirmed it is examining new information alleging the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was a criminal act.
Princess Diana, Nigeria, 1990. The Metropolitan Police is assessing new information it has recently received about the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997.
Scotland Yard said it was "scoping" the information and "assessing its relevance and credibility".
It said it was "not a re-investigation" into the deaths of the couple in a Paris car crash on 31 August 1997.
An inquest in 2008 found they had been unlawfully killed due to the "gross negligence" of their driver.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the assessment would be carried out by officers from the specialist crime and operations command.
It added that the deaths had been "thoroughly investigated and examined" by the inquest held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
A Met Police spokesman said that the force would "not discuss the source of the information" it was assessing.
A royal spokeswoman also said there would be no comment on the matter from Prince William or Prince Harry, or from Clarence House.
It said last night that it had asked specialist detectives to examine new allegations and evidence passed to it "recently".
The claims were given to the force in the last few days by the Royal Military Police, who were told of them by the parents-in-law of a former soldier, sources said.
The dossier is said to include a reference to the SAS and to the Princess's "secret diary" according to one report. Scotland Yard declined to confirm the content or origin of the material.
Officers from the specialist crime and operations command will carry out the "scoping" exercise to assess if a full-scale investigation is justified into whether the Princess, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul were murdered.
Last night's disclosure comes in spite of the inquest into the death of the Princess and Mr Fayed dismissing any claims of murder made by Mohammed Fayed, Dodi's father, and conspiracy theorists.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass