Diana's last moments in dramatic pictures you've never seen before

The Diana inquest jury has been yesterday shown shocking paparazzi pictures of the princess as she lay dying.
One close-up photograph was taken moments after the Mercedes limousine carrying her and lover Dodi Fayed crashed in a Paris underpass.
It showed her lying in the back seat of the mangled car as a French doctor battled to save her.
These images cannot be shown here because the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, banned their release on the inquest website "for the reason that it is possible for pictures that have been pixillated to be un-pixillated if they get into certain hands".
But he did release a series of other paparazzi images showing the moments before Diana and Dodi got into the back of the black Mercedes which was to drive them to their death.
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Pic-1 :Fateful journey: Princess Diana gets into the Mercedes at the back of the Ritz Hotel in Paris
In one of these grim images that can not be shown, Diana had been pulled from the vehicle and lay on the ground in the Alma tunnel, surrounded by paramedics in red fluorescent jackets desperately trying to resuscitate her.
Even as she fought for life, with her lover and chauffeur already killed in the impact, the paparazzi were determined to get their photographs. The jury was told that they began taking pictures before emergency services arrived - without even attempting to open the car doors and help those inside.
In another paparazzo photograph, emergency service personnel were seen carrying a body from the scene. It was heavily pixillated, making it impossible to identify whether it was Dodi or driver Henri Paul.
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Pic-2:The blurred images of Diana and Trevor Rees-Jones can be made out as they leave the Ritz

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The sombre series of photographs - never seen in public before - was shown on widescreen TV screens inside the High Court.
Neither Diana's sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale nor Harrods tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed was in court when the graphic images taken in the Alma underpass were screened.
The jury of six woman and five men had already heard from one French motorist, Thierry Hackett, who described seeing the Mercedes swerving from one side of the road to another at 70mph closely pursued by at least four paparazzi on motorbikes.
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Pic-4:Princess Diana, driver Henri Paul (left) and bodyguard Trevor Rees Jones (below right) all exited the Ritz Hotel by the backdoor
Another witness spoke of the underpass being lit up by 'bluish flames' as the paparazzi camera flashlights captured the grisly scene - and his shock that none of them appeared to be trying to help the stricken occupants inside the Mercedes.
Metropolitan Police inspector Paul Carpenter talked the jury through the series of graphic photographs taken in the early hours of August 31, 1997.
Afterwards Michael Mansfield QC, the barrister representing Mohamed Al Fayed, asked him: "It's perfectly obvious that the paparazzi who were present at the scene of the crash had no compunction about taking photographs of the victims both inside the car and being carried outside the car?"
The police officer replied: "None whatsoever, sir."
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Diana and Dodi are pictured as they wait in the back of the car

Police 'mugshots' of 17 photographers involved in the French criminal investigation were shown to the jury, along with paparazzi pictures of Diana and Dodi - escorted by bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones - as they left the rear of the Ritz Hotel at the start of their final, fateful journey.
Eight photographers and one motorcylist were arrested after the crash and investigated on suspicion of manslaughter and failing to assist at the scene but all were formally cleared in 1999 by a French investigating magistrate.
Around 400 photographs have been seized from paparazzi taken at the front of the Ritz Hotel and earlier in the day after Diana and Dodi flew into Paris following their Mediterranean holiday.
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Police 'mugshots' of 17 photographers involved in the French criminal investigation were shown to the jury, along with paparazzi pictures of Diana and Dodi - escorted by bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones - as they left the rear of the Ritz Hotel at the start of their final, fateful journey.
Eight photographers and one motorcylist were arrested after the crash and investigated on suspicion of manslaughter and failing to assist at the scene but all were formally cleared in 1999 by a French investigating magistrate.
Around 400 photographs have been seized from paparazzi taken at the front of the Ritz Hotel and earlier in the day after Diana and Dodi flew into Paris following their Mediterranean holiday.
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Crash scene: Firefighters quickly got to the wreckage
No photographs taken on the journey to the underpass have been found but a bundle of pictures has been compiled by Inspector Carpenter taken by various paparazzi in the immediate aftermath of the crash.
One shot taken by Serge Arnal showed a small group of people crowding around the wreck of the Mercedes shortly after it smashed into a concrete pillar.
A second photograph, taken just feet from the car, clearly showed Diana in the rear seat of the Mercedes. She was partially obscured by French doctor Frederick Maillez, leaning into the back of the car and desperately administering emergency aid.
The princess's body was bent forward, her head down in the well of the car. Her face - photographed in profile - was pixillated but her blonde hair was easily recognisable.

Diana and Dodi in the Ritz

Minutes earlier, photographs seized from Jacques Langevin showed Diana, her hand to her face, climbing into the Mercedes at the rear of the hotel before heading towards the underpass.
Another photograph showed the last images of Dodi and Diana alive together, as they hunch forward in the back of the vehicle.
In contrast to CCTV footage taken moments earlier of a happy, carefree Diana and Dodi, these new pictures showed the princess apparently distressed at the presence of the paparazzi.
Some of the grimmest photographs came from the camera of Fabrice Chassery, the inquest was told.
One showed Dr Maillez leaning into the car over the digitally-obscured figure of Diana. Another photographer, Christian Martinez, captured colleague Romuald Rat squatting next to the open rear door of the Mercedes - and inches away from Diana's face.
According to Inspector Carpenter, Rat was 'very, very early' at the scene. One of his photographs showed the Mercedes in the deserted underpass, smoke still pouring from the wreckage.
In cross-examination, Inspector Carpenter agreed with the barrister when he asked him: "Rather than approach the Mercedes and open the door to assist or ascertain the condition of those inside, what we have is someone who is simply walking past the vehicle for the purposes of taking photographs?"
A similar photograph of Diana in the wreckage provoked intense controversy and anger from Princes William and Harry earlier this year when broadcast in the Channel 4 documentary Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel.
In a letter to Channel 4 their private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton said the princes believed the screening was a 'gross disrespect' to their mother's memory.

Princess Diana's Death - new pictures released

It is just seconds after the couple have left the back entrance of the Ritz Hotel on the fatal journey to Dodi's Paris apartment and provides the last known picture of Diana alive.Trevor Rees-Jones, Dodi's bodygaurd and the only survivor of the terrible accident, holds a protective hand up as he peers into the lens. Beside him the driver Henri Paul - accused by police of being drunk - stares twistedly, almost mockingly, at the camera.Taken by one of the paparazzi, the princess is visible in the rear seat peering back at the pursuing French photographers. To her side Dodi Fayed is hunched forward in his seat.A scene of desolation and horror is captured in the seconds after the crash. Passers-by, who included the off-duty Dr Maillez, are seen with policemen, firemen, and the paparazzi.A fireman in his high-visibility vest and radio at his waist peers into the front seat where bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones lies horribly maimed, although he was to survive. Beside him Dr Maillez in shirt sleeves points forwardThe crashed car from the front. Inside the rear door Sebastian Dorzee, one of the two police officers who were first on the scene, leans over Diana. At the front in the white shirt is Dorzee's partner, Lino GagliardoneSources close to Mohamed Al Fayed, who claims his son and Diana were murdered in an Establishment plot, said the existence of the last picture of the couple surrounded in the front and the rear by photographers proved they were pursued to their death by the paparazzi.After smashing into pillar 13 in the tunnel, the car cannons into the side wall. The lights of cars travelling in the opposite direction are visible. Witnesses say the Mercedes was doing between 60mph and 93mphFirst on the scene is agency photographer Serge Arnal. The force of the crash is clear: The nearside of the Mercedes in which Dodi and Henri Paul had died instantly is crushed. The impact has disordered the exhaust systemBy now rescue workers are gathering. It is some time after 12.30am. Inside the stricken Mercedes, the physician Dr Maillez is bent over the Princess's body. He has already ascertained that Dodi and Paul are deadMore paparazzi have arrived. Hands in pockets to the side of the tunnel stand Serge Arnal and Fabrice Chassery, and in the foreground Serge Benamou. A shirt-sleeved fireman reaches into the wreckage of the MercedesThe Mercedes, its roof cut off as rescuers tried to reach the passengers, is just a twisted heap of metal showing the sheer destructive power of the crash: a car barely recognisable, the shattered windscreen, deflated airbags and broken engineFiremen have cut open the roof to free the Princess and Rees-Jones and remove the bodies of Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed and in one picture Dr Frederic Maillez, the first doctor on the scene, can be clearly seen inside the back of the smashed Mercedes tending to the critically ill princess.The photos also show the shuddering impact of the black limousine after it collided with pillar 13 - and how the car virtually disintegrated, such was the force of the collision.According to the website, it will be updated daily throughout the inquest with exhibits - including photographs - that are shown to the jury. It will also contain transcripts, official statements, and details of procedural decisions.

Diana Death: Spies flashed laser beam at crash driver

Taken from the Daily Express 2006-02-06

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.

On Princess Diana’s Death

On Monday 2006-02-06, the Daily Express carried the article copied below entitled ‘Diana Death: Spies flashed laser beam at crash driver’. The article makes a good plot. It is an excellent fusion of truths and half truths – it is plausible – it could have happened that way and indeed there currently stands sufficient quasi evidence and motive to prompt a conviction.

Quite simply – I believe it was an ‘accident’ (i.e. not planned nor pre-mediated by the British establishment or the Royal family). I understand there has been a cover up on certain matters such as Diana’s pregnancy but such cover is routinely applied in sensitive situations. I am informed that neither Prince Charles nor his sons were aware of Princess Diana’s condition – it seemed both privately and publicly prudent that such news was kept hidden. The reasons why I believe the crash to have occurred ‘accidentally’ are:

a)Reliable and trustworthy sources told me so
b)The British did neither operate nor had a ‘wet jobber’ team in operation at that time.
c) Her death caught intelligence’s ‘sanctum’ off guard. While discussing another royal death in ‘On Royal Nazis and the Scottish connection’ I wrote: ‘His Royal Highness The Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund von Wettin, later Windsor) (20 December 1902 - 25 August 1942) was the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary. He was the father of the current Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy, and Prince Michael of Kent.’‘The Duke of Kent was killed in a plane crash on active service in World War II at Eagles Rock near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. His wife had given birth to their third child, Prince Michael of Kent, only six weeks earlier. He was initially buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, England: his remains were later moved to the royal burial ground, adjacent to Queen Victoria's mausoleum, at Frogmore, Windsor, England. He was succeeded as Duke of Kent by his elder son, Edward.’I am criticised as to the lack of depth in this article so I now say:In the first instance I gained much of my information from my late father G. A. F. Frost . He, as is explained elsewhere upon this site during the Second World, was an elite commando. Given time I will write more on his fascinating life. The central issue of his wartime career was that he was Churchill’s assassin – namely he was employed in the covert removal of perceived troublesome characters –such being certain government ministers of the Irish Free State and a somewhat nasty Swede. According to my father he was ordered by the late King and Churchill to remove Prince George (who my father was told was the figure head of an establishment plot to murder Churchill, the King, the Queen, and the two Princesses and replace same with Prince George and a number of infamous characters out of the Red Book) The plan was then for the British Empire to join up with Hitler against the Russians; in turn Germany would make peace with the US and declare war on Japan. Such plan was well known to the Russians viz Prince George’s homosexual relations in particular with Anthony Blunt – a factor which explains why it was not until the actual defeat of Hitler in 1945 did Russia declare war on Japan. Thus I hope my statements above will somewhat mollify the lack of specification criticism that prior commentary on the deaths’ of Prince George and Princess Diana has engendered.