Flowers at Kensington Palace remembering Princess Diana. Photograph by Maxwell Hamilton
A police probe has found conclusively that British Special Forces did not play a role in the death of Princess Diana.
The Met had received evidence in August relating to the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in a car crash in Paris, with reports that suggested that the military was involved.
After a 2008 inquest found that the pair had been “unlawfully killed” due to “gross negligence” of the driver, and the appearance of this material, the police opened a new “scoping exercise”.
During the investigation, police took “statements from a number of individuals” and reviewed previous records to which the police has “unprecedented access”.
In their report, the police concluded:
Every reasonable line of enquiry was objectively pursued in order to fully evaluate any potential evidence.
The final conclusion is that whilst there is a possibility the alleged comments in relation to the SAS’s involvement in the deaths may have been made, there is no credible evidence to support a theory that such claims had any basis in fact.
Therefore the MPS are satisfied there is no evidential basis upon which to open any criminal investigation or to refer the matter back to HM Coroner.
Mohamed Al Fayed described the report as another “whitewash”.