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Diana, Dodi Split Before Crash, Friend Tells Inquest

Jan 7, 2008 3:48 PM CST

Diana, Dodi Split Before Crash, Friend Tells Inquest

Princess described the affair as 'all over'

(Newser) - Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed had already broken up when they were killed in a car crash, a family friend of Diana's told the inquest into her death today. When Rodney Turner objected to the relationship weeks before the accident, he says, Diana told him, "Don't fuss, don't fuss....

Brits Want Wills, Not Charles

Dec 28, 2007 8:31 AM CST

Brits Want Wills, Not Charles

Public would skip Charles & Camilla to crown Wills & Kate

(Newser) - The British want the monarchy to skip a generation, passing over Charles to Prince William, Reuters reports. More than half of those polled preferred a King William to having his pop ascend the throne. Younger people were especially keen to see Wills crowned. A clear majority were in favor of...

The Queen Called a Philistine

Dec 22, 2007 5:04 PM CST

The Queen Called a Philistine

Historian says Elizabeth II is uneducated and incurious, even about her predecessors

(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth II is undereducated and lacks curiosity about culture and her predecessors, a British historian charges in an interview with the Guardian. "I think she's got elements a bit like Goebbels in her attitude to culture," David Starkey says. "You remember: 'Every time I hear the...

'Charles Wants to Kill Me,'
Di Wrote

Dec 20, 2007 11:26 AM CST

'Charles Wants to Kill Me,' Di Wrote

Suspected he was planning brake failure, 'serious head injury'

(Newser) - Princess Diana feared Prince Charles was trying to kill her so he could marry their sons' nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, according to a handwritten letter admitted into evidence in the ongoing inquest into her death. "My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury...

Diana's Letters Shed Light on Ties to Dodi

Dec 14, 2007 11:18 AM CST

Diana's Letters Shed Light on Ties to Dodi

Doomed royal's correspondence refers to 'heart-felt joy'

(Newser) - Letters from Princess Diana to Dodi Al-Fayed produced at the inquest into the couple's 1997 deaths show that they were in a serious relationship, according to his father's lawyer. In one letter, Diana thanks "darling Dodi" for "bringing such heart-felt joy into this particular chick's life," the...

Diana Driver Linked to French Agents

Dec 6, 2007 4:07 AM CST

Diana Driver Linked to French Agents

He had more money than job could explain: witness

(Newser) - The driver killed with Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed in a Paris car crash regularly communicated with the French intelligence service, a witness testified at the inquest into Diana's death yesterday. Henri Paul, the deputy head of security at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, fed information about important guests to...

Passerby Held Diana's Hand

Nov 13, 2007 6:27 AM CST

Passerby Held Diana's Hand

'My God, my God,' she said in last moments

(Newser) - A good Samaritan dramatically described holding the hand of Princess Diana and comforting her as she lay dying in the tangled wreckage of a Mercedes in a Paris tunnel. “She repeated words, ‘My God, My God,'” he said in a statement read yesterday at the London inquest...

Diana After Crash: 'Oh My God'

Oct 25, 2007 6:18 PM CDT

Diana After Crash: 'Oh My God'

Witness recalls accident scene, his attempt to provide help

(Newser) - Princess Diana lay in the wreckage of her car saying "Oh my God" over and over after the Paris accident in 1997, a witness said today. A French volunteer firefighter told the panel investigating the crash that he happened upon the accident shortly after it occurred and attempted...

Diana Jury Watches Dodi Buying 'Engagement Ring'

Oct 18, 2007 5:13 PM CDT

Diana Jury Watches Dodi Buying 'Engagement Ring'

Inquest shown footage of lover at Paris jeweler

(Newser) - The jury hearing inquiries into the 1997 death of Princess Diana saw footage today of the princess' lover at a Paris jewelers hours before the couple died in a car accident. Dodi Fayed's father claims his son was purchasing an engagement ring to propose to Diana that night. The jury...

Dark Car Spotted in Diana Crash

Oct 16, 2007 8:56 AM CDT

Dark Car Spotted in Diana Crash

Witnesses testify they heard two collisions

(Newser) - A second, dark car may have been involved in the 1997 Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed, according to testimony at the inquest into the collision yesterday. Two witnesses who were walking outside the tunnel where the accident occurred also testified that they heard two...

Inquest Sees Pics of Dying Diana

Oct 11, 2007 1:29 PM CDT

Inquest Sees Pics of Dying Diana

Coroner says chilling photos won't go public

(Newser) - As one attorney blasted paparazzi for having "no compunction about taking photos of the victims," police showed an inquest jury those same images of Princess Diana as she lay dying inside her crumpled car. The coroner ruled that the photos, many of them close-ups of the wounded princess,...

Diana Jury Visits Paris Tunnel

Oct 8, 2007 2:05 PM CDT

Diana Jury Visits Paris Tunnel

Inquest panel to re-create ex-princess's final ride

(Newser) - Standing silently in the spot where a car crash claimed three lives, the jury in the Princess Diana inquest today began retracing her last movements in Paris. This time the paparazzi were absent as police blocked off traffic to the Pont de l'Alma underpass and jurors walked to the 13th...

William Lashes Out at Paparazzi

Oct 6, 2007 1:48 PM CDT

William Lashes Out at Paparazzi

He criticizes high-speed chase just days after Diana inquest begins

(Newser) - Prince William blasted the paparazzi after they "aggressively" pursued him and his girlfriend in a high-speed car chase in the wee hours, the Guardian reports. The chase comes just days after the beginning of an inquest into the death of Princess Diana under similar circumstances. The prince's spokesman called...

Jury Sees Tape of Diana's Hotel Departure

Oct 4, 2007 4:24 PM CDT

Jury Sees Tape of Diana's Hotel Departure

Court observers interpret driver's signs as signals to paparazzi

(Newser) - Princess Diana's driver might have tipped off paparazzi to her departure from a Paris hotel the night of her death, the Guardian reports after today's viewing of video at an inquest into the incident. Video shows Diana and companion Dodi Fayed preparing to evade photographers by leaving through a back...

Chilling Last Diana Pix
Bared as
Inquest Begins

Oct 3, 2007 9:17 AM CDT

Chilling Last Diana Pix Bared as Inquest Begins

Jury will probe assassination theory

(Newser) - Chilling photos of Princess Diana peering at paparazzi pursuers minutes before her fatal car wreck were released to the public for the first time yesterday as an inquest into her death began. The London hearing will determine "once and for all" whether the crash was an accident or part...

Fayed Rips Bishop Over Diana Plea

Sep 2, 2007 2:36 PM CDT

Fayed Rips Bishop Over Diana Plea

Dodi's dad rejects call to give up conspiracy theories about crash

(Newser) - Insisting “the truth is still being covered up,” Mohamed Al-Fayed slammed the Bishop of London for urging congregants at Diana’s memorial service to end the bickering over the circumstances of her death. “Let it end here,” Richard Chartres advised, but Al-Fayed branded him a “...

Princes Host Diana Memorial

Aug 31, 2007 7:17 AM CDT

Princes Host Diana Memorial

(Newser) - Princes William and Harry held a memorial service today for their mother on the 10th anniversary of her death, with Harry leading off the honors, calling Diana "quite simply the best mother in the world" and recalling the pain of her sudden death. The bishop of London urged...

Diana’s Boys Became Windsor Men

Aug 28, 2007 6:52 PM CDT

Diana’s Boys Became Windsor Men

In 10 years since her death, William and Harry have rejuvenated the royal family

(Newser) - Ten years after princes William and Harry walked behind their mother’s casket to Westminster Abbey, flanked by a cheating father whose ascension to the throne was distasteful to many and an uncle who predicted a royal implosion, the House of Windsor has been solidly rebuilt. And it is in...

Princess Di Tribute Rocks On

Jul 2, 2007 4:50 AM CDT

Princess Di Tribute Rocks On

Princes' concert celebrates mom's 46th birthday

(Newser) - Nostalgic performances by Elton John and Duran Duran highlighted a concert packed with 68,000 fans yesterday to honor Princess Diana on what would have been her 46th birthday. The spectacle, which flashed giant-screen archival footage of the much-loved "People's Princess," was organized at Wembley stadium amid tight...

Prince Charming Turns 25

Jun 21, 2007 5:05 PM CDT

Prince Charming Turns 25

Future king celebrates B-day, inherits Di's millions

(Newser) - Prince William, the man who will be king, is about to get a whole lot richer. Today marks his 25th birthday, when he can start to collect his share of the $40 million left by his mother. It's also a time of reckoning, CBS News reports. William recently split with...