Al Fayed claims fresh Diana
info
Mohamed Al Fayed today announced he will
make fresh allegations about the death of
Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi.
The controversial Harrods owner has pledged
to disclose "new information" on the eve of the
third anniversary of the crash that claimed the
pair's lives.
The move seems sure to anger those close to
Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry, who
have repeatedly pleaded with the Egyptian
tycoon to spare the two young men further
public allegations.
Diana and Dodi Fayed died when a Mercedes
provided by Mr Al Fayed and driven by his
employee, Henri Paul, ploughed into the 13th
pillar in the Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31
1997.
French police found that Paul, deputy head of
security at Mr Al Fayed's Paris Ritz hotel, had
been drinking heavily and was speeding when
the accident happened.
But Mr Al Fayed has refused to accept the
French findings, repeatedly alleging that British
security services engineered the crash and even
trying to implicate the Duke of Edinburgh. John
Macnamara, Mr Al Fayed's director of
security, would give new information on his
employer's claims at a press conference in the
United States on Wednesday, the eve of the
anniversary, according to a news release issued
by Harrods. Mr Al Fayed's spokesman today
declined to discuss details of what will be
disclosed at the news conference, at the
National Press Club in Washington.
But the news release said the Egyptian tycoon
would announce legal action against the United
States Government over the accident, and
make a videotaped statement about the crash.
Mr Al Fayed has repeatedly called for CIA
files relating to the accident to be made public,
and the legal action may be a fresh attempt to
obtain them.
The release said videotapes of Diana's last
minutes would be distributed. The news
conference would also given details of what Mr
Al Fayed claims was an attempted
20-million-dollar fraud involving claims about
CIA files said to prove that the pair were
murdered.
Mr Macnamara would also give up-dates on
the British and French investigations into the
tragedy, the announcement added.
