Princess Diana
Conspiracy

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the car slammed into the 13th column

The French investigators' conclusion that Henri Paul, driver of the Limo was drunk was made largely on the basis of an analysis of blood samples, which were stated to contain an alcohol level that (according to Jay's September 1997 report) was three times the legal limit. This initial analysis was challenged by a British pathologist hired by the Fayeds; in response, French authorities carried out a third test, this time using the medically more conclusive fluid from the sclera (white of the eye) which confirmed the level of alcohol measured by blood and also showed Paul had been taking antidepressants. It is known that Paul had consumed two drinks at the hotel prior to the departure,  however as a pilot, he passed a health check two days before the accident. His liver showed no signs of abuse on post-mortem and alcohol blood levels are known to rise upon death.

There continues to be distrust of the official findings. The other white car involved in the crash has never been located. Paul's bank accounts indicate a source of income beyond what he earned as head of hotel security, with the most popular theory for its source being that he was a French government undercover agent.

 The samples were also said to contain a level of carbon monoxide sufficiently high as to have prevented him from driving a car (or even from standing). Some maintain this  indicates the samples were tampered with. No official DNA test has been carried out on the samples, and Henri Paul's family has not been allowed to commission independent tests on them.

White Light- Some witnesses describe a bright white light just preceding the crash.

The families of Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul have not accepted the French investigators' findings. In the Scottish courts, Mohamed Al-Fayed applied for an order directing there be a public inquiry and is to appeal against the denial of his application. Fayed, for his part, stands by his belief that the Princess and his son were killed in an elaborate conspiracy launched by the SIS (MI6) on the orders of the "racist" Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, apparently believing the Duke abhorred the idea of his grandsons potentially having Muslim or half-Arab siblings. (Al-Fayed has repeatedly claimed that the Duke of Edinburgh controls SIS.)

Motivations which have been advanced for murder include suggestions Diana intended to convert to Islam, and that she was pregnant with Dodi's child. In January 2004, the former coroner of The Queen's Household, Dr John Burton, said (in an interview with The Times) that he attended a post-mortem examination of the Princess's body at Fulham mortuary in which he personally examined her womb and found her not to be pregnant.

Later in 2004, US TV network CBS showed pictures of the crash scene showing an intact rear side and an intact centre section of the Mercedes, including one of a unbloodied Diana with no outward injuries, crouched on the rear floor of the vehicle with her back to the right passenger seat — the right rear car door is completely opened. These pictures caused uproar in the UK, and spurred another lawsuit by Mohammed Al-Fayed.

Rumours and conspiracies aside, it must be noted Diana, Dodi and Paul were not wearing seat belts when the car crashed. Rees-Jones, the only survivor, had his seat belt on. Also, the underpass at the Place de l'Alma is known as an accident black spot; it is on a stretch of high-speed road but only has limited visibility ahead in places; and there are square-shaped pillars in the central reservation which could lead to collisions.

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