Princess Diana died after attempts to frighten her into dumping Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading lawyer has claimed. Michael Mansfield claimed he was sure Diana's 'killers' had no intention of ending her life in a Paris tunnel in August 1997 and simply wanted to scare her. But he claimed the operation to torpedo her relationship with Dodi, and silence her planned criticism of the British government over foreign arms sales, backfired spectacularly.Mr Mansfield, who represented Dodi's father Mohamed al Fayed at the 2007 inquest into Diana's death, said: 'I don't believe anyone wanted to see her dead. I think there was a plan to sabotage the relationship and alter her life, to try to stop her activities.'But this plan went very badly and ended with her death.' The radical QC, whose long list of famous cases has included the Bloody Sunday inquiry and the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest, has previously claimed Diana's road crash death was no accident. He outlined his views in memoirs published last year on his colourful 40-year career (Daily Mail)
Friday 12 March 2010
Princess Diana 'was killed after plan to frighten her went wrong'
Princess Diana died after attempts to frighten her into dumping Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading lawyer has claimed. Michael Mansfield claimed he was sure Diana's 'killers' had no intention of ending her life in a Paris tunnel in August 1997 and simply wanted to scare her. But he claimed the operation to torpedo her relationship with Dodi, and silence her planned criticism of the British government over foreign arms sales, backfired spectacularly.Mr Mansfield, who represented Dodi's father Mohamed al Fayed at the 2007 inquest into Diana's death, said: 'I don't believe anyone wanted to see her dead. I think there was a plan to sabotage the relationship and alter her life, to try to stop her activities.'But this plan went very badly and ended with her death.' The radical QC, whose long list of famous cases has included the Bloody Sunday inquiry and the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest, has previously claimed Diana's road crash death was no accident. He outlined his views in memoirs published last year on his colourful 40-year career (Daily Mail)
