Doctors to face inquiry on Di’s death

By BEN ENGLISH

SEVEN years after Princess Diana’s death, a French court has decided that doctors accused of covering up a plot to murder her have a case to answer.

A French judge will soon begin a fresh investigation into Diana’s mysterious death in a Paris road accident, Britain’s Daily Express revealed yesterday.

The inquest will focus on disputed blood samples central to the earlier French conclusion that Diana’s car fatally crashed because her chauffeur Henri Paul was high on alcohol and drugs.

A French court ordered the fresh inquiry after accepting expert advice that Mr Paul’s blood samples could not be authentic.

This is the charge Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed - whose son, Dodi, also died in the crash - has levelled at investigators in his campaign to prove the "Establishment" killed his son and the Princess.

Mr Al Fayed commissioned a panel of world-renowned experts to analyse the test results produced by scientists who first probed Diana’s death for French investigators.

The panel, led by Britain’s foremost forensic analyst, found the initial conclusion that Mr Paul was heavily intoxicated could not be true - because of extreme levels of carbon monoxide in his blood.

Instead, they found the blood sample must have been compromised and that the initial investigation failed to follow accepted procedures in the post mortem.

Some experts believe the vials may have been accidentally switched, particularly as Mr Paul’s sample was consistent with somebody who has committed suicide by using a hose connected to their car’s exhaust.

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