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Royals 'slaughtered Di'
18/02/2008 22:04 - (SA)
London - Luxury storeowner Mohamed al-Fayed said on Monday the death of Princess Diana and his son Dodi in a 1997 Paris car crash was murder and accused the British royal family of wanting to "get rid" of Diana.
In an emotional appearance at the inquest into their deaths, al-Fayed accused Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband and Diana's former father-in-law, of being a "Nazi" and a "racist".
"You want to know his original name - it ends with Frankenstein," al-Fayed told the court.
He said Diana, divorced from heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, had "suffered for 20 years from this Dracula family".
French and British police investigations have both concluded their deaths were tragic accidents caused by a speeding driver who was found to have been drunk. Both inquiries rejected al-Fayed's conspiracy theories.
Al-Fayed said of Diana's former husband, Prince Charles: "He participated and I'm sure he knew what was going to happen."
He said this was "because he would like to get on and marry his Camilla and that is what happened. They cleared the decks. They finished her. They murdered her," he added.
"It was slaughter, not murder."
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He said: "Diana told me on the telephone she was pregnant. I am the only person they told. They told me they were engaged and would announce their engagement on Monday morning (three days after the crash)."
The inquest has heard testimony from people close to Diana and from specialists dismissing any suggestion the two were about to announce an engagement or that Diana was pregnant.
Diana, 36, Dodi, 42, and driver Henri Paul, a Fayed employee, were killed when their Mercedes limousine crashed in a road tunnel as they sped away from the Ritz Hotel in Paris with paparazzi in pursuit. Under British law, an inquest is needed to determine the cause of death when someone dies unnaturally.
Al-Fayed said French and British security and intelligence services had colluded in killing his son and Diana, and in a subsequent cover-up.
"French intelligence helped the British intelligence to execute their murder," he said.
- Reuters
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