94% OF YOU BELIEVE DIANA WAS MURDERED

The ruling (by the coroner) means that statements from agents such as former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson, who has publicly suggested that the Princess's death may have been the result of foul play, will not be revealed to the jury unless the coroner allows it.

British secret service agents were believed to have been with the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul, in the hours leading up to the crash.

worried about the rugby?

your usual tact and discretion I see Wilso

worried about the rugby?

the original title of this thread was a headline in the Daily Express who did a poll.

I'm just wondering how they can ever select a jury who can be relied upon to turn in the right verdict.

I think that in large part accounts for the delay.

Steve 41oo wrote:

your usual tact and discretion I see Wilso

worried about the rugby?

the original title of this thread was a headline in the Daily Express who did a poll.

I'm just wondering how they can ever select a jury who can be relied upon to turn in the right verdict.

I think that in large part accounts for the delay.

Just wondering....what iyo would the "right verdict" be? Is there a "right" verdict?

BTW the pathologist must have determined whether she was pregnant...and could even have tested the foetus for parenthood , if she was.

Do you think we'll find out about that? Not that it's any of my business.

I wonder if Earl Spencer is making any money at his morbidity mausoleum?

I'm not really sure what your question is, Steve, regarding the French law.

But, if I understand, embalming the corpse, after autopsy decided by the juge, is not illegal. When the body is returned to the family, they are free to decide to embalm or not.

Note that, usually, when an autopsy is performed in France, a pregnancy test is conducted. (On women, obviously).

You mean, perhaps, that the corpse was embalmed before returning it to the family?

That would be contrary to normal pratice and, surely, against the law.

Having the Princess's body embalmed ten hours after her death is another grey area. Was it illegal? Was it ordered by MI6 to conceal the pregnancy? What took place was not the kind of embalming associated with the pharaohs, but rather an injection of fluid into the blood vessels to slow decomposition. Efforts to keep the body cool on a hot day were failing.

In France, the inquest heard, author-isation to embalm a body is needed from both the local mayor and relatives of the deceased. Permission from the official side came from the police because the crash happened in the early hours of the morning.

In the absence of relatives, personal permission was given by Michael Gib-bins, the Princess's personal secretary, and Colin Tebbutt, her security consultant, after learning that the Prince of Wales would not arrive in Paris until 5pm to collect the body of his former wife. "These men may paint a picture of finding themselves unexpectedly in a difficult situation; a decision should have been made by relatives, but who was there to call?" the coroner said.

It's the not-so-Secret Service - a UK Crown Service responsible for obtaining secret information and conducting operations in support of the UK's foreign policy objectives....

"These men may paint a picture of finding themselves unexpectedly in a difficult situation; a decision should have been made by relatives, but who was there to call?" the coroner said.