Credit: Pubic Domain, Paddy Briggs
CONSPIRACY 2
Princess Diana's Murder
Within
hours of Princess Diana's death on Aug. 31, 1997, in a Paris highway
tunnel, conspiracy theories swirled. As was the case with the death of
John F. Kennedy, the idea that such a beloved and high-profile figure
could be killed so suddenly was a shock. This was especially true of
Princess Diana; royalty die of old age, political intrigue, or eating
too much rich food; they don't get killed by a common drunk driver.
Unlike many conspiracy theories, though, this one had a billionaire
promoting it: Mohamed Al-Fayed, the father of Dodi Al-Fayed, who was
killed along with Diana. Al-Fayed claims that the accident was in fact
an assassination by British intelligence agencies, at the request of the
Royal Family. Al-Fayed's claims were examined and dismissed as baseless
by a 2006 inquiry; the following year, at Diana's inquest, the coroner
stated that "The conspiracy theory advanced by Mohamed Al Fayed has been
minutely examined and shown to be without any substance." On April 7 of
this year, the coroner's jury concluded that Diana and Al-Fayed were
unlawfully killed due to negligence by their drunken chauffer and
pursuing paparazzi.
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