Conspiracy Theories Aside, Is There Anyone Really to Blame?: Reopening the Tragedy Through an Inquest

According to British law, a “coroner must hold an inquest if the cause of death is still unknown, or if the person possibly died a violent or unnatural death” (n.a., n.d.).  The inquests into the deaths of Diana and Fayed opened on January 8, 2007 and officially began ten months later on October 2, 2007.  The inquest, which included a jury of six women and five women, featured over 250 witnesses, including Diana’s stepmother, the sole survivor of the crash, Trevor Reese-Jones, and the former head of the British intelligence agency MI5 (n.a., 2008).

In a recent phone interview on “World News with Emily,” creative numerology assistant Christine DeLorey remarked, “The only thing more painful than knowing that loved ones have died is not knowing what happened to them” (the full interview is provided here).  Although Mohamed Al-Fayed (pictured left) knew that his son, Dodi, had also died, he wanted to know exactly what happened to him…and why.  Having insisted for a decade that the deaths of Diana and Dodi had been orchestrated by the Royal Family, he received his chance during the inquest, and in subsequent interviews, to air his grievances before an audience.

Beginning with 1:15 in the video below, see Fayed’s scathing attack on Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband:

Despite these claims, however, that Prince Philip was the mastermind behind the assassination of Diana and Dodi, the jury concluded on April 7, 2008 that Diana had “been unlawfully killed by the grossly negligent driving of Paul and following vehicles,” as both Paul’s blood alcohol content was proven to be over two times of France’s legal limit and the paparazzi in close pursuit also contributed to the accident (n.a., 2008).