- PARIS -- A French court has
ordered a new investigation into the alleged falsification of alcohol and
drug tests on the chauffeur who was driving Diana, Princess of Wales on
the night of her fatal car crash.
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- Henri Paul's parents, Jean and Gisele, reject the original
post mortem examination's findings that their son was over the drink-driving
limit and had taken medication incompatible with alcohol.
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- Mr Paul died, along with Princess Diana and her friend
Dodi Fayed, when the Mercedes he was driving crashed after they were followed
by paparazzi from the Ritz Hotel in Paris almost seven years ago.
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- Mr Fayed's father, Mohamed, supports the parents' campaign
to have Mr Paul's blood samples re-examined.
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- The Pauls deny that their son was an alcoholic and say
the specimens that led to him being blamed cannot have come from his body.
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- Mr Fayed claims that the accident resulted from a plot
involving British intelligence after concerns arose about the relationship
between the princess and his son.
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- The order for the tests, which was not disclosed until
yesterday, was made when a French appeals court ruled in June that an investigating
magistrate, Corinne Goetzmann, was wrong to dismiss the allegations without
further inquiry.
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- It is understood that in his latest intervention, Mr
Fayed is urging the magistrate to stand down or face a legal challenge
if she refuses.
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- The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir John
Stevens is conducting an inquiry into the death of the princess at the
request of the Coroner to the Queen's Household, Michael Burgess. Sir John
is exploring the various conspiracy theories surrounding the deaths and
is expected to present his reports next spring.
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