The fairytale princess had left exactly nothing to charity in her will. ibid.
In the aftermath of her untimely death, which has thrown up a smog of irrelevant questions – like, did the media do it? – We will soon be facing the only essential one: Will she be, posthumously, as much a destabilizer of the House of Windsor as she was when she was living? Christopher Hitchens
We’ve been drowning in drool where the coverage has not been the objective coverage of an event but the forceful recruitment of everybody into the same emotional mould, a great titanic outpouring of kitsch. Christopher Hitchens, with Wesley Pruden, CSpan 1997
There’s a sinister side to this mass hysteria and mass sentimentality … It can be mean too because it has a search for blame which is part of a search for meaning. ibid.
Killed in a sordid traffic accident with a very sordid set of people: the international white-trash jetset. ibid.
‘Is it possible that there is any normal person out there who by now is not grossed out and sickened of television coverage of Princess Diana’s death?’ ibid. Wall Street Journal editorial
Initially, there is a sense of profound shock and disbelief that this could never happen to you. Real grief often does not hit home until much later. For many it is a grief never entirely lost. Life is altered as you know it, and not a day goes past without you thinking about the one you have lost. However, I also know that over time it is possible to learn to live with what has happened and, with the passing of years, to retain or rediscover cherished memories. Prince William
We are certain the Princess of Wales was not pregnant at the time of her death. Lord John Stevens, former Police Commissioner, head of investigation into Diana’s death
We have spoken to many of her family and her closest friends and none of them has indicated to us that she was either about to or wished to get engaged. ibid.
Now I have personally ensured that every reasonable line of enquiry has been undertaken in order to evaluate fully any evidence that might support this extremely serious allegation. ibid.
Ten years ago, Diana Princess of Wales, Dodi Al Fayed and Henri Paul died in a car crash in Paris. There are many conflicting opinions surrounding Diana’s life leading up to that night ... Diana: Last Days of a Princess, opening caption, TLC 2007
‘You are with the most desirable woman in the world.’ ibid. father to son
Diana: She touched people. Literally. So when Diana died we were bound to take it hard. What happened to the British? Face of Britain by Simon Schama III, BBC 2015
From 1980 onwards a more aggressive media had a fresh target to hunt: Diana. Andrew Marr, Diamond Queen III, BBC 2012
The Queen was soon becoming uneasy about the pressure journalists were piling on her daughter-in-law. ibid.
Both Princess Diana and Prince Charles turned to journalists to tell their side of the story. ibid.
But it was the absence of words which created the biggest media storm of the Queen’s reign when in 1997 on the sudden death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash the Queen stayed at Balmoral for another four days. ibid.
Was Princess Diana murdered by the secret service on the orders of the British establishment? The Conspiracy Files s1e1: How Diana Died, BBC 2008
So was Diana’s driver Henri Paul really drunk at the wheel? … ‘The body itself was left out for several hours before it was refrigerated; yeast could have grown affecting the final results of what the blood alcohol levels were.’ ibid. Gerald Posner, US investigative journalist
Before the world they released CCTV from The Ritz. ibid.
Henri Paul’s blood samples contained unusually high levels of carbon monoxide [cigars?]. ibid.
In the fifteen years before Princess Diana’s death eight people died and another eight were seriously injured there. ibid.
In October 1995 Diana, Princess of Wales, wrote this letter to her butler predicting her own violent death: ‘My husband is planning “an accident” in my car. Break failure and serious head injury’. Keith Allen, Unlawful Killing, 2011
I suspected a cover-up by the British establishment … after the crash. ibid.
It’s almost as though the establishment wanted to demythologize her in the eyes of ordinary people by putting her uterus on display. ibid.
Within a day four tests on Henri Paul’s blood had been completed. ibid.
The rear right seat-belt was found to be defective … Why was the inquest not told about this? ibid.
Gangstas in tiaras. ibid.
Diana: Bodyguard killed for our affair. Mail online article, cited The Royals: Royal Family Secrets Exposed
The accident happened at about 00:23; Diana did not arrive at the hospital until 2:06. Who Really Killed Diana? Youtube 2015
It was in 1980 that Lady Diana first came to the attention of the world. ibid.
Why was the tunnel cleaned and reopened on Sunday morning only four hours after the passengers had been removed? ibid.
A cocktail of conspiracy theories about her death. Dispatches: The Accident, Channel 4 1998
Al-Fayed has spent enormous sums in search of evidence of a plot and he has encouraged the spread of conspiracy theories throughout the world. ibid.
Henri Paul was clearly seen drinking that night. ibid.
Meanwhile Kelly Fisher had returned to Los Angeles preparing for her wedding to Dodi which she said was due to take place on August 9th. ibid.
We also have written evidence that al-Fayed bugged The Ritz hotel in Paris, eavesdropping on several VIP guests. And there is now overwhelming evidence of widespread telephone tapping at Harrods. ibid.
On 21st August Diana returned to the Mediterranean for her third holiday with Dodi Fayed. ibid.
Diana and Dodi were engaged – this suggestion has only come from Mohamed al-Fayed himself. ibid.
There was a serious failure of security at The Ritz Hotel. ibid.
Some conspiracists feel that the Royals would have a great deal to gain by getting rid of Diana because they would never accept a Muslim as a step-father to the future king. Dispatches: The Diana Conspiracy, Channel 4 2004
He [al-Fayed] maintains forcibly that Prince Philip in particular would have been against the idea of his son ever being the step-father of a future king. ibid.
The failure to find the Fiat harmed the reputation of the investigation. ibid.
Grief turned into anger: the Royal Family became the target … The biggest royal crisis in half a century. Diana: 7 Days that Shook the Windsors, Channel 5 2017
Queen Elizabeth was woken by her private secretary. ibid.
Diana was seen as a great danger to the Royal Family. ibid.
The Queen was about to deliver her first live address in half a century. ibid.
The biggest funeral in British history. ibid.
The biggest global audience in television history. ibid.
Once the most famous faces in the world. But there was also private Diana known only to a few. This Diana had a story to tell. From 1992 she began recording a series of video tapes: this was a different Diana. Diana: In Her Own Words, Channel 4 2017
‘I was a rebel.’ ibid. Diana, re childhood
‘Like a bad rash he [Charles] was all over me.’ ibid.
‘He wasn’t consistent with his courtship abilities.’ ibid.
She found that someone else was already there: Camilla Parker- Bowles. ibid.
And Charles turned round and said, ‘Whatever in love means.’ And that threw me … traumatised me. ibid.
‘I desperately wanted [it] to work. I desperately loved my husband.’ ibid.
Now she’s on the inside looking out. ibid.
‘You had to sink or swim. And you had to learn that very fast.’ ibid.
‘Maybe I was the first person ever to be in this family who ever had a depression or was ever openly tearful.’ ibid.
‘It had been quite a difficult pregnancy … And then I was well for a time.’ ibid.