Magistrate OKs Burial for Diana’s Driver
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After no additional blood tests were requested, a Paris magistrate gave permission for the body of the driver in the crash that killed Princess Diana to be buried, a family spokesman said. Henri Paul’s burial, planned for last Saturday, had been abruptly canceled when his family asked that a third blood test be taken. Since then, the body had been in a Paris morgue. The test confirmed two earlier tests showing that Paul had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit at the time of the Aug. 31 crash that killed Diana, her companion, Dodi Fayed, and Paul. The family spokesman said the funeral in Paul’s hometown of Lorient in Brittany will probably take place next week.
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