to hunt down Diana's murderers.
I read this on Usenet alt.conspiracy
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The following article is from Star magazine, and is online at
<http://www.starmagazine.com/stories/feature.cfm?instanceid=14525>.
Let's see whether it gets picked up by the British press at all...
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Star magazine
7 September 2001
World Exclusive
Four years after tragedy that rocked the world...
Prince William made an amazing vow at his beloved mom's graveside on
the eve of the fourth anniversary of her death: "I know you were
murdered- and I won't rest until your killers are brought to justice."
He made his pledge as he knelt by Princess Diana's shrine at Althorp,
her family's stately home where she's buried on a tiny island in a
lake.
William has been to the burial site many times with his brother Harry.
But this time he went alone for a special reason - to make the solemn
promise.
"I must do it for her," the handsome prince told close friends. " I
intend to prove once and for all that the crash was no accident."
William, 19 has never been able to shake off his suspicions about what
really happened that terrible night in Paris in August 1997.
And now he is so convinced Diana and her lover Dodi Al Fayed were
murdered that he has enlisted the help of a retired investigator from
Britain's elite MI5 spy agency to unravel the dealdy plot.
"For my own peace of mind, I will go to any lengths necessary to get
at the truth," he told his friend, "I owe it to Mama."
There are too many questions that remain unanswered- and too many
reasons why some people would want my mother and Dodi out of the way."
Diana and Dodi died when their Mercedes smashed into a tunnel wall at
high speed. The official French inquiry blamed the tragedy on drunk
chauffeur Henri Paul.
But Wills is convinced the truth is more sinister. He believes his
mother could have been assassinated because:
* Reports said she was planning to marry Dodi, who was a Muslim. This
outraged shadowy figures within the British establishment - as well as
fanatical Muslims
* Ruthless arms dealers wnated to stop her successful campaign against
land mines.
* Enemies of Dodi's dad, billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, wanted to ruin
the controversial tycoon's life.
According to a new book, Diana's Boys by Christopher Andersen, the
young prince even asked his father if Diana's death was not an
accident. "Charles assured him there was 'not a shred of truth' to
the stories," writes Andersen.
William accepted it at the time- but is now convinced that even his
father has not been told everything.
Author Andersen says William demanded to know all the gruesome details
of the so-called accident And ever since, he has been "haunted by a
recurring nightmare in which he witnessed the horrific crash," says
the book.
One detail that bothered him was that Diana always wore a seatbelt
even when in elaborate formal gowns, and was obsessive about the boys
wearing them, too. Andersen says William couldn't understand why she
wasn't wearing a belt that night.
Last Year, while he was in Chile doing volunteer work during his time
off before university, sources say William would lie awake at night in
the remote camp's spartan hut, going over his suspicions.
And royal insiders say those suspicions gradually crystallized into
"an unshakable belief" that his mom had been murdered.
"William knew the only way to end his nightmares was to get to the
truth," adds a source close to the prince." He scoured the Internet
and read everything about the case." Finally, he learned of the
former MI5 agent- whose name Star is withholding for security reasons
- through one of his palace bodyguards.
The agent was a highly placed investigator with access to the most
sensitive secrets, and he never bought the theory that Diana's death
was an accident. A sense of duty, and fear of reprisals, kept him
quiet. But once he knew the future king was serious, he agreed to a
meeting.
"The MI5 man backed up William's belief that his mother was murdered,"
reveals a royal insider. "They've since spent hours turning over
every shred of evidence.
William has wrested with this for four years. NOw that he has an
experienced ally, he is determined to prove there was a cover-up.
Money is no object. He and Harry each inherited $11.5 milllion from
Diana's estate.
He has also told his closest confidants that his investigation is more
urgent than ever now that the queen has given Prince Charles
permission to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
William told friends: "With all the hullabaloo that will go with my
father's wedding, I fear that Mother will be overshadowed and beocme a
distant memory. I want her killers found and brought to justice. I
won't let her be forgotten."
The prince has found an unlikely ally in Mohamed Al Fayed, who owns
Harrods deparment store in London, and who is hated by the British
Establishment.
He has always believed his son and Diana were murdered, and has even
blamed British and American agents. Andersen's book adds fuel to the
fire by revealing that the CIA, and the FBI and British syp agency MI5
had all been investigating Diana.
Al Fayed tells Star: "I welcome any investigation which will get at
the truth. The whole thing has been a cover-up from start to
finish."
A royal source says, "Williams knows that they make strange
bedfellows, but he has grudging respect for Al Faeyd He says: 'At
least, like me, he wants something done.'"
Harold Brook-Baker, publisher of the "bible" of the aristocracy,
Burke's Peerage, tells Star: "Prince Charles won't like the idea of
William investigating this, but it shows what a single-minded and
dedicated young man he is.
I've always believed there was a cover-up and that Mohamed Al Fayed
was the real target. He has many enemies who do anything to see him
suffer. And the death of his son with Diana at his side has ruined
his life.
"I hope William brings the killers to justice." Meanwhile, Prince
Williams he has already received a sign that he is right to pursue his
investigation. After making his graveside pledge, he told a friend: "I
felt mother willing me on to do it." DAVID HAYES
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