Princess Diana 97's video: Author talks about Princess Diana s Death

Martyn Gregory, award winning documentary maker and author of the acclaimed book, 'Diana, the Last Days' appeared on ITV's daytime morning chat show 'This Morning' in 2005 to talk about the latest edition of his book. His interviewers are Denise Van Outen and Richard Bacon. At the time of the interview, the French investigation had concluded that the direct cause of the crash that killed Diana was because of Henri Paul, the deputy head of security at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, lost control of the car when travelling at more than twice the speed limit towards the Alma Underpass and he was undoubtedly drunk at the time. As Gregory states in the interview, there was a delay of over four years after the conclusion of the French Investigation before the British Inquest opened in October 2003. This delay was due to legal challenges brought in France by Mohammed Al Fayed to the original investigation because of his refusal to accept that his employee and organisation was responsible for the tragedy. When the Inquest finally opened in 2003, Mohammed Al Fayed wrote to the Coroner repeating the conspiracy allegations he had pursued almost since the moment he was informed of the crash. In view of the claims of serious criminality contained in the conspiracy allegations, the Coroner had little option but to involve the police who decided to launch Operation Paget in January 2004. The Operation Paget investigation concluded in December 2006 and found that there was no evidence to support the claims of conspiracy and all the available evidence suggests it was a tragic accident caused by drink driving. The report of the Operation Paget investigation can be found at: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/news/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/14_12_06_diana_report.pdf The police investigation ran for nearly three years, causing a further delay meaning that the Inquest's public proceedings did not begin until October 2007. The jury returned their verdict on 7 April 2008 and stated that the cause of the death was unlawful killing because of Henri Paul's drink driving and the following vehicles. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090607230252/http:/www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/ Martyn Gregory's investigative journalism was entirely vindicated by the inquest jury's verdict. By the time of this interview in 2005, he had also produced two documentaries in 1998 and 2004 on Diana's death. In the interview, Gregory gives the background to the official investigations and why, 8 years one, there was still investigation being carried out. Denise Van Outen and Richard Bacon then go through some of the specific allegations. These are: 1. There was foul play in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales 2. Driver Henri Paul was not drunk 3. A White Fiat Uno knew Diana's car was coming and deliberately caused the crash. 4. Someone set off a blinding flash before Diana's car entered the tunnel and also deliberately cause the crash 5. The medical personnel called to attend to Diana after the crash deliberately caused her to die. 6. Diana was pregnant and this was the motive for the above. Martyn Gregory addresses each of these points and successfully refutes them, mentioning some of the outrageous assertions made around Diana's death including that by British tabloid the Daily Express that Diana's body would be exhumed as part of the British Police investigation. 'Diana: The Last Days' is available for purchase or download at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martyn-Gregory/e/B001K89D9U/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1