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Prince Harry “highly focused” on Diana’s final hours
Prince Harry supposedly studying his mother’s last hours Diana Princesslife for his forthcoming memoir.
The Sun report that “official judicial sources in Paris” revealed that Harry’s researchers were in contact, seeking information about car accident in Pont d’Alma, Paris, where Diana was killed on August 31, 1997.
A source, who was involved in the initial crash investigation, told Sun: “There have been approaches that indicate Prince Harry is highly focused on finding out more information about his mother’s death. There are many people in France who remember the night of the accident. It is normal that Diana’s son should want to learn more about that for his book. “
The Sun said it has contacted Harry for comment.
Coming up on the 25thorder on the anniversary of Diana’s death, all eyes are on the car crash that killed her — and of course, all the conflicting theories about what caused it, and her death. Is it, as the 2008 official ruling, a combination of the paparazzi in the pursuit and negligent driving of driver Henri Paul, or is there any credit to the many conspiracy theories that have proliferated afterward?
This photo taken on August 31, 1997 shows the wreckage of Princess Diana’s car in Paris’s Alma Tunnel.
PIERRE BOUSSEL / AFP via Getty Images
An old bodyguard of Princess Diana, Lee Sansum, tell Sun that he and other bodyguards pulled straws to accompany bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones that day. (Rees-Jones, now 54, is the sole survivor of the crash.)
“When I learned they weren’t wearing seat belts in the crash, I understood why they didn’t survive,” Sansum, Diana’s nickname ‘Rambo’, told the newspaper. “That shouldn’t have happened. Standard family practice is to wear seat belts. It was an order sent from the boss, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dodi’s father. In particular, Dodi hates wearing seat belts and I insist on that all the time.”
“She said something that always stayed with me — ‘Do you think they would do the same to me?’ She was shaking and it was clear from her tone that she really thought they could, whoever ‘they’ could be.“
– Lee Sansum
Sansum worked as bodyguard for Diana and Dodi in St. Tropez that summer. “She had a lot of fun on that vacation,” Sansum said Sun. “But I also saw her in tears when she heard that her friend, fashion designer Gianni Versace, had been murdered. She confided in me her own fear that one day she might be assassinated. She asked me if I thought the murder outside his home was a professional murder. I thought it was. Then she said something that always stayed with me – ‘Do you think they would do that to me?’ She was shaking and it was clear from her tone that she really thought they could, whoever ‘they’ could be.
“I spent some time reassuring her that no one was going to try to kill her and that she was safe with us, but she definitely thought there was a risk she might be haunted one day. close.”
Diana, Princess of Wales and her son HRH Prince William are seen on holiday with Dodi Al Fayed (not pictured) in St Tropez in the summer of 1997.
Michel Dufour / WireImage
Diana also tells Sansum that she wants to live with Dodi in America. “She doesn’t want to, but that’s the only place she feels people don’t like her. It was probably her way to stay sober, to get some respite. “
Sansum believes her plans influenced Harry’s move to live with Meghan in California. “This trauma occurs when the building blocks for life are being formed. His mother considered America a sanctuary. He will draw his experiences from there.”
Sansum said one day in the UK during a counter-attack surveillance tour near Al-Fayed’s home in Surrey, he saw a former SAS colleague now working in the Special Reconnaissance Unit. “We are often followed by MI5 but this is the first time we have seen a Special Forces guy. We thought, ‘They’ve upped their game’.
“I believe the security personnel who followed Diana, possibly British or a mixed Anglo-French group, may have caused the accident by accident or were in the vicinity of the vehicle when it happened.“
– Lee Sansum
“A witness driving a car in front of a Mercedes in Paris on the night of the accident told the investigator that he had seen a high-powered motorcycle pass the vehicle just seconds before the crash. accident occurred. Another witness traveling in the opposite direction saw the second motorbike swerving to avoid smoke and wreckage and then rushing out of the tunnel without stopping. Sansum said.
“I believe that the security personnel who were following Diana, be it British or a mixed Anglo-French group, may have caused the accident by accident or were in the vicinity of the vehicle when it happened. Had they known that the MI6 agents were right at the crucial moment for the Mercedes, a lot of people would have blamed them, and it would have been a huge scandal.”
Meanwhile, a new documentary, airing August 21 in the UK, will reanalyze the circumstances of the crash. Henry Singer, executive producer of Investigating Diana: Death in Paris, Talk to Sun: “We hope that it will pacify conspiracy theories.” Officers from the French Criminelle Brigade and the London Metropolitan Police will appear.
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Movie Prince Andrew “crazy feeding“
Prince Andrew, who accepted the privileges of friendship with Jeffrey Epstein even after Epstein was found guilty of child molestation, who claims he never met Virginia Giuffre but paid her millions la to address her that he raped her, lamenting plans to dramatize the incredible interview that ultimately exposed him as an arrogant fool.
Andrew’s camp is lobbying against a plan to make not one but two movies about the extraordinary Night The interview saw him declare his real problem was “too honorable” and invite Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein to the queen’s country house for a “frank filming weekend.”
Prince Andrew attends a memorial service at Manchester Cathedral in 2016.
Christopher Furlong / WPA Pool / Getty
Andrew seemed baffled that people still wanted to talk about his death, after it was revealed that interviewer Emily Maitlis was working on a video of the interview she did. It was previously revealed that producer Sam McAlister’s account of the interview is being made into a movie called Spoon, shovel. The Sunday Times says that Maitlis, 51, is working on “three-part miniseries for a leading streaming service”.
Royal source talk to Sunday Times today, the project has become a “corrosion frenzy”.
A source close to the duke told Times and The Daily Beast: “This latest exploit for financial gain for a book and now a movie about what has been, is, and remains, a very difficult time for the family. , is not welcome. At least when the narrative of the events leading up to and around the interview seems to have elements of dramatic license. “
Does Andrew accuse others of lying? Is Andrew really trying to suggest that the media is, in fact, to blame for the “very difficult time” that the queen and Andrew’s ex-wife and children have suffered as a result of shameful behavior his own?
Prince William’s ‘strong’ advice on grieving
When Prince William visited the home of Deborah James, an inspirational bowel cancer campaigner who passed away in June, he gave her children some “helpful advice” drawn from the experience. lost her own mother.
In an interview with TimesJames’ husband, Sebastien Bowen, recalls William’s visit, which occurred before her death.
“He is clearly going through the same pain with the loss of his mother so he gives strong advice to the kids who will be with them forever.“
– Sebastien Bowen
He said: “I once opened the door for Prince William, who came to give Deborah a damehood. He feels like a friend but he is the future king. That is strange. He was very comfortable; he came and sat down in the garden and drank champagne with his family. Deborah had a glass of champagne, a glass of wine, and a glass of sherry in front of her. She hadn’t been allowed to drink for months and the first thing William said was, ‘I’m glad to see you pass three times.’ It’s an instant icebreaker. He is clearly going through the same pain with the loss of his mother so he gives strong advice to the kids who will be with them forever. “
He also recounted what happened when he received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s office telling him that Deborah would be dame.
“I got a call from Number 10 [Downing Street] Yesterday. They explained the official way to tell her, and I was so worried that she thought something terrible had happened. She looked at me and said, ‘I’m dying. What else could happen? ‘”
Yes, there really is an aristocratic DJ collective
Sarah Ferguson bought her new London apartment from an upmarket DJ named Sebastian Macdonald-Hall, who goes by the stage name Sebastian MDH.
He is part of the the Times wonderfully described as “an aristocratic DJ collective” called Housekeeping” whose logo is “the image of a revealingly dressed maid”. Another member is Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, brother of Cressida Bonas, Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend, who trades under the name “Jacobi AGC”.
A neighbor told Times: “Sebastian is a lovely guy, but we had to talk to him a few times about the parties he threw all night.”
This week in royal history
Happy Birthday to the Royalist’s favorite, Princess Anne. She turns 72 on August 15, and is a famous royal for any number of reasons, but mostly for just swimming against the famous currents, fashion and lightbulbs adamantly for many years. five. Is she nasty-rude, or doesn’t tolerate-morons-happy quick? Who knows. But get rid of the “Damn it!” T-shirts to celebrate now.
Unanswered Question
Prepare for a wave of coverage of Diana’s car crash — and what caused it — when 25order Her death anniversary is approaching. The mystery of the queen’s health intensified, as Buckingham Palace continued to manage the Queen’s illnesses and health as skillfully as possible.
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