Princess Diana was unlawfully killed due to the actions of driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi, an inquest jury has found.

 

The jury reached the same verdict for her companion Dodi Al Fayed. The inquest investigating the 1997 Paris crash that killed her and Dodi lasted six months. The jury had to decide if the deaths had been an accident, unlawful killing by negligence, or unexplained. They could not find they had been murdered.

 

Coroner Lord Justice Scott told the jurors they could not find the crash was an "unlawful killing by the Duke of Edinburgh or anyone else in a staged accident".

 

Lord Justice Scott Baker had given the jury five verdict options, which included unlawful killing by grossly negligent driving of the paparazzi in pursuing vehicles - a level of negligence he said would amount to manslaughter.

 

Conspiracy theories

 

He said that to return this verdict they had to satisfy the criminal standard of proof - meaning they had to be "sure" - rather than the civil standard, which is based on the balance of probabilities. Unlawful killing through the gross negligence of Mr Paul, and unlawful killing by the grossly negligent driving of both the following vehicles and Mr Paul were also given as options.

 

Earlier Lord Justice Scott Baker told the court there was "not a shred of evidence" the Duke of Edinburgh ordered Princess Diana's death or that it was organised by MI6.

 

Conspiracy theories suggested by Dodi's father, Mohamed, about the deaths were without foundation, he said.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7328754.stm

And so Prince Philip gets away with murder :(

 

Hopefully it will put an end to the matter, although what will the Express be like tomorrow?