The inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al Fayed is set to resume in 2007 - nearly 10 years after their Paris car crash. A preliminary hearing into the deaths of the pair on 31 August 1997 will begin at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 8 January. Coroner Lady Butler-Sloss’ first task will be to …

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The former private secretary of Princess Diana claims Diana wanted to have more children, preferably daughters, before she died. Patrick Jephson also wrote in The Spectator magazine that he was positive that Diana would have mentored Kate Middleton, Prince William’s girlfriend, as “the next English rose to take on the …

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The father of a man who was driving a white Fiat Uno in Paris the night Princess Diana was killed has sensationally admitted his son had the car painted red just hours after the fatal crash and revealed his suspicions that his son was involved. Le Van Thanh was questioned by French detectives in 1997 after forensic experts …

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The BBC is broadcast the Concert For Diana being organised by Princes William and Harry for next July.The July 1 event will be live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2 and online. The Princes announced the concert to celebrate their mother’s life earlier this month. A memorial service is also planned next year on the ten year …

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FORMER royal butler Paul Burrell believes Princess Diana’s death was an accident rather than anything sinister. Mr Burrell, who lives in Farndon, near Chester, was interviewed for Lord Stevens’ inquiry into allegations of a conspiracy to murder the princess and her lover Dodi Fayed. The inquiry concluded Diana died because she …

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The portrait of the British Princess Diana drawn by the well-known Russian artist Israel Zohar had been considered lost for a long time until recently; last Tuesday it was sold in England. Israel Zohar (1946) crayoned the portrait in 1990, during the ball given in honour of Diana in the White House, the USA. That night Princess Diana

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Exhaustive British police inquiry into 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales, concludes that there was no murder conspiracy; report says she was killed in Paris car accident with her boyfriend, Emad Mohamed al-Fayed and their driver Henri Paul; 832-page report took three years and cost $7.3 million and examined several murder conspiracies; report will be used as basis for formal inquest into deaths, which will resume in 2007; al-Fayed’s father, Mohamed al-Fayed, dismisses report and says he remains convinced they were murdered; photo (M)…

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Belgium is rocked by state television news broadcast showing King Albert II and Queen Paola fleeing country; even playful disclaimer at bottom of screen fails to allay fears about country’s dissolution; callers jam network’s switchboard and Belgian embassies across world call authorities back home; half hour into program, message ‘this is fiction’ appears on screen, at insistence of minister for media affairs; network defends its spoof (M)…

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Officials say preliminary hearings into deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend, Emad Mohamed al-Fayed, in car crash in Paris in 1997 will be open to public; hearings will be held on Jan. 8 and 9 at Royal Courts of Justice in London; photo (s),…

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