Princess Diana was assassinated by British spies using: a laser gun, say new witnesses. Detectives are investigating claims that intelligence officers pointed the laser into the eyes of her chauffeur Henri Paul. The hand-held device was activated as the Mercedes in which the royal party was travelling sped into the Pont de L’Alma tunnel in Paris, it is claimed.Witnesses have given written statements which back up the James Bond-style theory. Two independent observers have stated that the beam was fired off by the pillion passenger on a motorbike.It had followed the Mercedes into the tunnel before overtaking it. One witness reported seeing "an enormous radar-like flash of light’ in the tunnel.Seconds later the Mercedes spun out of control before smashing into the 13th concrete pillar inside the tunnel. Diana, her lover Dodi Fayed and Mr Paul were killed. Diana's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones suffered horrific injuries, but survived.Security experts claim the technology was devised by British intelligence in a conspiracy to assassinate former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. The laser plot was revealed as sensational new evidence emerged in Paris that the Princess was pregnant when the tragedy happened.Dozens of French medics are being re-interviewed after a senior member of staff at the hospital where Diana died came forward. Dodi's father, Harrods tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, has always insisted the British establishment was behind an assassination. Mr Al Fayed believes the "accident" was arranged by senior royals and MI6 agents to prevent Diana embarrassing the Royal Family by having a child by a Muslim.The new claims are being carefully examined by Operation Paget - the Diana inquiry led by former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens. He had hoped to conclude the two-year probe after interviewing Prince Charles as a final witness in December.SensationalNow the investigation is likely to continue well into next year. The inquiry has already cost the British taxpayer more than £2million and the final bill is likely to rocket to close to £5million. Last week Lord Stevens insisted Mr Al Fayed had been right to raise concerns over the findings of the original French investigation which found the cause of the tragedy to be a straightforward road traffic accident. Sources close to Lord Stevens hinted his inquiry was set to reach a "sensational conclusion".New leads began to emerge after Scotland Yard traced the movement of MI6 spies to Paris at the time of the crash in August 1997. Intelligence officers were questioned and a top-secret dossier has been compiled with their names, activities and whereabouts in the run-up to the tragedy.Among them was former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson who told investigators that Henri Paul was a paid informant of Britain's overseas intelligence service. He also claimed agents posed as paparazzi photographers who were pursuing the royal party from the Ritz hotel. Mr Tomlinson revealed the "blinding flash" in the tunnel bore all the hallmarks of a secret service plot.The light described by witnesses was too powerful to be mistaken for a photographer's flashgun. Mr Tomlinson told investigators the special technology had been devised to assassinate Serbian leader Milosevic who was seen as a huge threat to the stability of his region. Mr Tomlinson revealed he had been shown top-secret files which outlined the detailed plan to murder Milosevic in 1993. The plan was to fire off the "light gun" to blind the chauffeur of Milosevic's official limousine as it passed through a tunnel during a visit to Geneva.Mr Tomlinson told investigators: "When I heard witnesses in Paris talk about a bright flash before Diana's car crash it made sense. A tunnel is a perfect place for an assassination, with fewer witnesses." He claimed agents would also have been equipped with special transmitters that can knock out a car's electronics at the press of a button and could even cause airbags to inflate. He said: "Imagine, the driver flying into the tunnel at 90mph, picking up speed as he dips down, inches from those central concrete pillars.Blinding"Suddenly, the car dies as the electronics fail. A blinding flash of light is shot into the eyes. Then, the airbag blows up in his face. Instant disaster."It may sound like the plot straight out of an Ian Fleming novel, but experts have confirmed that the technology described by Tomlinson does exist. It is believed agents are trained to use the devices at a secret training base in Britain. The light guns can also be used to bring down helicopters and light aircraft by dazzling pilots. SAS and other special forces officers use similar lights as weapons in surprise raids. The bizarre theory is given even more credence in the light of further evidence.Police are trying to discover why Paul took the wrong route from the Ritz to Dodi's apartment. Dodi lived in the opposite direction and the Mercedes should never have entered the Alma tunnel. The driver could have turned back using a slip road before the tunnel. But an eyewitness claimed that route was blocked by a helmeted rider on an unmarked motorbike.It is also claimed a white Fiat Uno, which clipped the Mercedes as it roared past moments before the crash, was driven by photographer James Andanson. The car was never found but Andanson later died in mysterious circumstances. It is alleged he set himself alight after his body was found in the wreckage of a burnt-out vehicle. But a French fireman who attended the scene, Christophe Pelat, has come forward to reveal Andanson appeared to have a bullet hole in his skull.The French inquiry concluded that Henri Paul was drunk and speeding in a car he did not normally drive when he lost control. Blood tests, allegedly taken from Paul soon after he died, were central to their findings. Now Lord Stevens' team are "all but convinced" that the blood samples were tampered with.Numerous new interviews include ones with MI6 agents who were known to have been operating in the French capital on the night of the tragedy. Some are believed to have had direct access to the bodies of Diana, Dodi and driver Paul.
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