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Luciano Pavorotti died and being a good catholic boy, went straight up to heaven. Who was the first person he saw as he went through the Pearly Gates? Why, none other than his 'owd mate, the Saint Princess Di!

"You're looking as radiant as ever", says the geat tenor "and that is a magnificent halo around your head"

"You fat tub of pumped up Italian Lard", she replied "thats not a halo, thats a steering wheel!"

Anyway, other than that, who else thiinks that a 15million quid inquest inquest into the death of of an arrogant woman, who refused to wear her safety belt, in a car driven by a drunken frenchman, is the most scandalous waste of public money in the annals of British Legal History. (The second biggest waste, of course, is the current Crown v Metroplitan Police).

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I agree that it is a waste of time and money .... whatever happened to rest in peace? 15 million is a lot in any currencey (well, alomost any) and I am sure, given many of the concerns expressed on this forum, that it could be put to more productive use than perpetuating a soap opera.

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The truth will never come out so its a waste of time and money.

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Maybe the truth already is out ... maybe it is just not sensational enough for those whose appetites crave a conspiracy drama. The fact that there were very high profile people in the car does not change the fact that it was an automobile accident.:confused:

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the truth is she died in a car crash!!

end off.....!!

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Game set and choccy biccies there. Its like trying to draw blood from a lump of granite.

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They should let this be the end of it and not bring it back and waist the tax payers brass i look at it this way she was in the wrong place at the time it should be lade to rest and for got about now no matter who is paying for it.

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I agree, it's a total waste of money.

There was an enquiry in France, the country the accident actually occured in.

Why there should be a need for one in Britain, ten years later, at such a massive cost, is beyond me. I'm sure it wouldn't happen for any other British citizen killed abroad.

The person who seemed to want this the most is Al Fayed. The very man who used inadequate security on that fateful night, and employed a drunk driver.

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He looks a very broken man,,,,all the money in the world wont bring his beloved son back,,,

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I Agree just a sheer waist of time and flippin money.

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all this fiasco (the inquest) could have been avoided if only someone in H.M.G.s immigration service had the guts to stamp Fayeds passport with the P.I. (Prohibited Immigrant) stamp using the red inkpad .....as an undesirable alien and ship him home to Cairo.
But , has has been mentioned in other threads H.M.s immigration service is just another useless govt. dept that costs millions to run but is totally useless.

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The only good thing about this inquest is that when its over it should be an end to it, feel sorry for the Princes who will hear every detail, think its a waste of money, I know Al Fayed wanted it so should he be paying for it?

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im totally fed up with it all, yes she was a princess but she is dead .........it should have been laid to rest with her ....those poor lads need to get on with their lives .........they miss her totally .......full stop to it all .....please!!!!!

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The only positive I see so far is that the CCTV seem to show that she found happiness in those moments before her death.

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*what happiness moments before her death*,hitting a concrete pillar at 120 kph or being thrown violently forward and rupturing her speen and causing internal bleeding.people will always put theories forward about her death,but at the end of the day no-one can prove what happened or did not happen,they will never know the truth about the alleged drunk driver or the alleged white fiat uno, so they should let this rest and give her the peace she and her family deserve

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Yep. There are discreprencies, starting with the new CCTV footage that was shown to the jury yesterday. We had piccys of all of the motley crew in the hotel lobby, in the corridor, in the lift - just about everywhere in the building. But with one exception - no piccys of the driver smacking 'em back in the bar. Yet we had piccys of him entering the bar on three occaisions. Does it not strike anyone as odd that Mr Fayad has not been able to provide CCTV extracts of his hotel bar? Most peculiar.

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Alan, look at the CCTV pictures of her cuddling dodi. she propbably new sod all about what happened so wouldn't have been thinking hard about being upset.

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Totally agree with Grego and Mez, the lads have been through enough. Time to let Diana rest in peace.

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They 'dug her up' in their own way by having that concert recently.

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That was a lovely way to honour her IMHO. They did ask at the recent service that it should be let drop now but Al Fayed wants it all dragging up, he should have to pay for it.

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The whole thing is a waste of time and money. If Diana was "bumped off", as al Fayed believes, does he really think an inquest would reveal that? There are still things that happened during WW2 that are kept secret by Military Intelligence and other Government agencies and, even with events today, the Public only hears what they want it to hear.

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The investigation into Diana's death was not properly dealt with 10 years ago, or there would not have been the conspiracy theories circulating since. I bought a book on the subject which could only be bought on line because bookshops had been prevented from selling it. It had been written by two investigative journalists. It is supressive action like that which has given credence to the conspiracy theories.
This supression of investigation has gone on for 10 years, which gives the impression that there IS something to be supressed.
The royal family should not be above the law. I have every sympathy with Al Fayed, he is doing what every parent would do - seeking for the truth.
It does concern me that some persons who could have given evidence have died suspiciously.

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I saw the new videos on CBC (Colonial Broadcasting Corporation); some clown, yes we have them too, said that the fact that the driver bent down to tie his shoe without falling over somehow proves that he was sober??? Try that one on the copper if he ever pulls you over for the roadside sobriety test: "No officer, I'm not going to blow into that little machine; but I will bend down and tie my shoe. And if that doesn't satisfy you, I will pick my nose without poking myself in the eye."

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They should let them all rest in peace. Until someone agrees with Mohammed al Fayed that there is a conspiracy then he will not let them rest. He lost his son and he should let him rest in peace along with Diana, Princess of Wales and Henri Paul. What he wants is someone to blame for his sons death. If Diana hadn't have been with Dodi in that car another woman was and it happened would he still be saying there was a conspiracy etc.

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Seventy people, including the twelve members of the jury, are whisked off to Paris. Lunch at the Ritz, a visit to Dodi's flat, and then the streets and the tunnel where the accident happened, are closed to traffic whilst they recreate the fateful journey.

What the hell for?

When I did jury service a man was accused of breaking into a flat in Elephant and Castle and attacking a woman. We were shown photographs, floor plans, and maps, to help us decide his innocence or guilt. We didn't all traipse down to look at the flat, and the window he got through. Nor did we visit the greasy spoon where he had his breakfast before carrying out the attack. Quite frankly we were given all the information we needed to make our judgement, without the need of a tour of south London.

What is so different in this case?

What Al Fayed has unwittingly exposed is the fact in this case British law is an Ass.

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What to me is so inane is the fact that if they had wished to get rid of Diane, couldn't be sure that a car smash would do the job, could they ? She or Dodi could so easily have escaped any injury whatsoever.. all a load of balderdash to me. :(

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It's true. This enquiry, and it's ten million pounds cost, won't stop any of the conspiracy theorists. Infact it will probably fuel it even further, because key witnesses, like the taxi driver who may have been driving the white Fiat, and some of the first photographers at the scene, won't be attending.

A total waste of time and money.

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Another good example of the hard earned British Taxpayer's money going to waste ! Whichever way you look at it..... there's still going to be the conspirary theorists.

Diana (and Mr Fayed Jnr) died in an unfortunate road accident 10 years ago. The accident may / or may not have been caused by outside influences.

Personally, the whole "issue" should have been laid to rest long ago. As the unfortunate individuals who were involved in this tragedy were. My own opinion on the matter will remain as it is... my own.

IF this facade of on inquest reaches any conclusion, does anybody seriously expect the blame for this event to be laid at the door of the monarchy, MI5, MI6 or whatever ????

NOT B****Y LIKELY !!!!

High time to let the matter (AND the unfortunate individuals involved) Rest. If only for the sake of dignity and two young men who lost their mother.

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Another good example of the hard earned British Taxpayer's money going to waste ! Whichever way you look at it..... there's still going to be the conspirary theorists.

Diana (and Mr Fayed Jnr) died in an unfortunate road accident 10 years ago. The accident may / or may not have been caused by outside influences.

Personally, the whole "issue" should have been laid to rest long ago. As the unfortunate individuals who were involved in this tragedy were. My own opinion on the matter will remain as it is... my own.

IF this facade of on inquest reaches any conclusion, does anybody seriously expect the blame for this event to be laid at the door of the monarchy, MI5, MI6 or whatever ????

NOT B****Y LIKELY !!!!

High time to let the matter (AND the unfortunate individuals involved) Rest. If only for the sake of dignity and two young men who lost their mother.

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well said carpon.;) twice pmsl

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Such an emotive issue, I've mistakenly posted the same reply twice (Mods !! Spare my blushes and remove the duplicate !! Thanks!!)

Just an after-thought. Kennedy was assasinated over forty years ago !! The official papers, as released by the powers that be in the U.S.A., aren't due to be released until 2030 ish ?? ( I may be slightly out??) Any reason to think actual matters relating to this unfortunate incident may not take a similiar course???

I seem to recall an incident concerning a ship being sunk in the early days of WW2(involving a British warship that was sunk and another carrying the King of Norway being involved and an S.O.S. from the warship sunk was overlooked/ ignored?? for security reasons??, resulting in the loss of 1000 men, ). The tragic events of that situation only became apparent recently.

So why does anybody seriously think that things will be ANY different with this farce of an inquest ?????????:confused:

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There are people employed at the Public Record Office whose job it is to read old classified stuff and decide whether it should unclassified after 30 yrs. Some stuff (even though no longer a security risk) is put under wraps for longer until the people who were involved have died.
Freedom of Information laws are a farce

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I see that Mrs Beckham was poncing around the Paris Ritz yesterday. Either she is totally desperate for more publicity or her David should watch his back 'cos she might be conspiring to have him knocked off.

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well dont tip the buggars off then.:D