After an inquest that has lasted six months and cost the British taxpayer £12million the jury has returned the verdict pretty much all of us expected – that Diana, Princess of Wales, Dodi Al Fayed and Henri Paul were all killed due to bad driving and failure to wear seatbelts. The involvement of the paparazzi was acknowledged as contributing to the fatal crash but did not cause it outright. We all knew this ten years ago, Mohammed Al Fayed knew this ten years ago. The circumstances will never change nor will the passing of time alter the fact that the car simply crashed due to being driven at dangerously high speed whilst it’s occupants, the one’s who died that is, were not secured in their seats.
Mr Al Fayed of course is not accepting this verdict, just as he refuses to accept his role in the events of that night. He is lucky he is not being sued himself. For the past ten years Al Fayed has done his best to claim Diana for all things she was not; she was not a member of his family, she was not pregnant with his grandchild and she was not engaged to his son. She died a divorced woman and devoted mother – she died at the height of a summer romance. It is time for Al Fayed to accept this at the very least.
There are just two people who really need to accept this verdict, two people to whom it matters most - Prince William and Prince Harry. They have accepted the outcome and surely that is what matters the most. Now can we please give back to them what vestige remains of the dignity Diana once enjoyed; if Diana belongs to anyone it is William and Harry.
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