Royals accused at Diana inquest
The inquest into Princess Diana’s death in a Paris car crash 10 years ago opened with accusations that the British royal family ordered her death.
Mohammed Fayed, whose son Dodi also died in the crash after a summer romance with Diana, said in a prepared witness statement that the couple were killed on the orders of Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Diana’s former father-in-law.
In a string of accusations listed in court by the judge, the owner of London’s luxury Harrods store said the royal family could not bear the idea of Diana marrying a Muslim. Fayed said that Diana was pregnant and that the couple were planning to announce their engagement.
Inquiries by French and British police have concluded that the deaths were an accident.
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