To the correspondent concerned that Diana's fears of a murder plot were not taken into account, I believe that she had many similar concerns in the past, none of which proved to have any foundation. Unfortunately, although she was a charismatic woman, she was emotionally very fragile and
consulted psychics, clairvoyants, etc., presumably to approve(or disapprove) of her life choices, and offer moral support.
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As for Mr. Fayed, he is well-known in this country, and not for any altruistic reasons.
Henri Paul was at some t ime suspected of being involved in the so-called conspiracy. If that had been the case, had he decided to sacrifice his life for the sake of its success?
As will be apparent, I do not believe the conspiracy theory, but I do feel many people have had their lives and reputations put under the microscope, including picking over the most intimate details of Diana's life, to satisfy one man, who of course is not satisfied.
RIP Diana and Dodi

Jean, Medway, U.K.

Surprise suprise. Did we really expect a different outcome. This whole inquest was a cover up and a waste of money.

Elisa, Deal, UK

i believe the court verdict is truthful and i think most people agree.

B Kendall, houston, TX

Thank god that at least some verdict has been passed. Can we now forget this frankly now boring story and get on with our lives

Steve Williamson, Manchester, UK

Many members of the public and the media (newspapers, magazines, TV) also have a role to play in the deaths of Diana and Dodi. Newspaper/magazine sales and viewing figures dramatically increase when people like Diana are featured. Many of the pictures used are taken by paparazzi. If the public did not have such a thirst for information about 'celebrities' and their lives, then the paparazzi would have no market for their pictures, nor would they be willing to take more and more risks to get 'the' pictures that will earn them vast sums of money. Equally, if TV bosses and newspaper/magazine owners did not buy and print the increasingly instrusive stories with pictures, the public would not have access to them.
10 years ago, I had hoped that lessons would be learned from these deaths, yet still the paparazzi swarm like pack animals around 'celebrities' like Kate Middleton, Britney Spears etc. What has to happen before the press, TV and public accepts their responsibility?

Maggie, Herts, UK

No one believe the court verdict represents the truth - that means the British public will never have justice for the "people's princess."

Anne Hiltner, Hightstown, Nj USA

It is horrid that Princess Diana, who, after the crash, showed signs of internal hemoraging ( low blood pressure, sweating), and yet was taken to hospital sloooowly ... taking one hour and 48 minutes to go just 6 miles.... bypassing two hospitals along the way to arrive at a hospital for indigents. The British ambassador and his wife were awakened, got dressed and arrived at the hospital before Diana. The ambassador's wife already was wearing black. A curiousity to say the least. Of four security cameras along the Mercedes route, 1 was "obscured" and 3 "did not work", especially the one going into the Pont de Alma tunnel. A Paris resident reportedly asked how she got a ticket that day from the camera. The Paris police stated the Mercedes was hit twice, by a weighted down Fiat Turbo. That alone is suspect. And to think ALL the original Paris testimony and pictures are still missing from the French Justice Department. Only photocopies, whcih can be altered easily, are left. Incredible.

Don USA, St. Charles , Missouri USA

I admired her as much as anybody but a drunk driver, twice the posted speed limit, a concrete pillar, not weaing seat belts and a frenzied mob of papparazzi in pursuit. That sums it up. Let her rest in peace.

Thomas Gallagher, Philadelphia, USA

I think its disgusting how Mr Burrell as made a laughing stock of the inquest with is own admission telling lies, how can he be allowed to go into a court of law and lie. What kind of message does that send out to the rest of us he should be made to set an example that a court of law is not a circus for Burrell to play his clown act..

Mary Morrell, Stockport, Cheshire,, England

Drunken driving is already illegal and treated sternly. Now make paparrazzi behavior illegal and treat it similarly seriously.

Fred Little, Pendergrass, Ga USA

Why does not HRH Prince Phillip sue Mohammed Al Fayed for slander if his allegations of his murdering them are false ?

Max Morris, London,

Glad to see the headline wasn't "Lawfully killed" - Isn't it really time to move on world ???

robfromOhio, mansfield,

Oh you sad people! She got into a car with a drunk driver, didn't wear her seatbelt and died in a crash.

Get over it and move on!

Anne Robinson, London,

Am i the only one confused as to what this inquest was supposed to uncover? This woman's intermit secrets have been exposed and some shameless people have been allowed to show their attention(and money) seeking faces again. Absolutely no good was ever going to come out of this. Time and Money wasted if i'm truely honest.

Dominic, Cheshire,

As an ex-police officer I never thought there would be any verdict apart from the one decided upon. My brother in law drives internationally and has travelled through the Alma tunnel, which he describes as a real danger. Henri Paul was not only intoxicated but the bearer of 'local knowledge' about the risks involved. If someone drives whilst intoxicated through a known accident black spot at high speed he is guilty of causing the deaths of his passengers. At a lower speed a large Mercedes can practically stop on a sixpence and the potential danger avoided, lights, following cars and paparazzi not withstanding. It would take the average traffic cop ten minutes to come up with this verdict at a considerably lower cost. Accident or death by drunken driver, the result is the same and the verdict wholly correct.

martin c brown, poole, uk

There is no question of returning 'open verdict' when the jurors heard evidences in support of Hneri Paul drinking and not familiar with the car he was asked to drive, and the chase by phtographers which made Henri Paul drive faster. Jurors hence had enough evidence to give a verdict other than an 'open verdict'.

Simon, LONDON,

Posts here questions about the Judge summing up. Jurors take oath to consider evidence, and Fayed or his lawyers produced no evidence for conspiracy. However, there were witnesses for Henri Paul drinking and the photographers chase. The judge also said in his sum up that even Fayed lawyers were not raising the question of conspiracy at the end.
Hence the judge directed as he did. A majority verdict does mean that there is a minority of jurors who did not vote for all the conclusions arrived. It does not invalidate the verdict.

British courts need harder evidences unlike the American courts. Hence the puzzlement in posts from America

Simon, LONDON,

Prince Philip exonerated but never called to testify...several people involved found dead inc the owner of the fiat and one of the photographers, French paparrazzi blamed but never subpoened by the judge, the PM Tony Blair and David Blunkett who could have ordered M16 to kill her never included in John Stevens enquirys, no one to explain the light shining in the tunnel
The option for the conspiracy theory was NEVER given enough thoght beause it has never been properly explored and an open verdict STILL would not mean a proper investigation

Even drug addicts who die in the street do NOT have to wait 10 YEARS for an inquest...justice delayed is justice denied as the true evidence disappears as do people who can tell the tale of what really happened

This was no inquest but a very clever legal farce like the Dr kelly enquiries..it has been limited by the manner in which John Stevens limited HIS enquiries..had he opened them up to include the likes of Tony Blair and his cronies ..well

ruby cooper, nice, france

Nothing else was to be expected of this trial! The charade was utterly useless, as the people/person responsible for having her murdered will never allow the truth to come out. They are in the position to prevent this from happening. But I hope the truth will come out eventually anyway, somehow! Oh yes, she was murdered all right!

G. Orre, Brugg, Switzerland

I guess it's too much to hope that the ridiculous claims that Diana died as a result of a conspiracy will now go away. The fact is the driver was drunk and the passengers too stupid to wear seat belts. End of story.

Perhaps the two princes should now complete the circle by suing Al Fayed for contributing to the death of their mother although, even if they won the case, any award would be significantly reduced by Diana's contributory negligence.

On the other hand perhaps. like everyone else except the loony fringe of conspiracy fantasists, the princes will just get on with their lives. Diana's death was sad, avoidable but no conspiracy.

Kevin Miller, Tonbridge, Kent

I see the Paris city council got off scott free with no complaint against their negligence in having no protective barriers along the sides of the pillars Lady Di's car hit. Maybe quielty in a few months they might rectify that situation... as if nothing was even wrong or negligent.

Graeme Gibson, Sydney, Australia

Finally the right verdict. Al Fayed maybe is to blame for having employed a disaster of chauffeur at the Ritz Hotel.

Laura Cifrali, Milano,

To Jon from Missouri who asked, how can a jury come to a valid judgement if they are only allowed to pick from a small list of outcomes? How is it a fair hearing if they are ordered to not find on any outcome? Justice like that isn't just blind, it's gagged and bound.


One of the options given to the jury was an 'open verdict', put simply this would mean there is not enough evidence to determine a cause. If the jury had believed there was a conspiricy they had the option to deliver this verdict...they did not. There is a distinct lack of understanding by many of how the Coroners court operates and the meaning of the judgements.

viv, london, england

John from London - the driver of the white Fiat Uno is dead. He died a few years back - that's why he didn't appear in the court. More to the point, even Mohammed Al Fayed accepts that the Fiat Uno had nothing to do with the loss of the control of the Mercedes (according to his spokeswoman speaking on Radio 4 this morning). So enough with the Fiat Uno - it had nothing to do with it.

Emily, London, UK

I fear that, as with the inquest jury's 9-2 verdict and lack of unanimity, we shall still be faced with about two elevenths of doubt.
What is for sure, though, is that any possible legal route must now be pursued to bring to justice the employers of Mr Paul and the nine named paparazzi (and Mr Burrell for his perjury) for their part in the unlawful killing of a British citizen, a princess to boot, on European Union soil. After all, are we not up in arms about pursuing Mr Lugovoy and his employers in the Litvinenko killing albeit on British soil?

Mike L, Chippenham, Wilts

Why would Henry Paul, who was in the pay of the French Security Services, an experienced professional and was learning to fly, have been so far over the limit when he knew his employer could call on him at at any time to drive a vehicle.
Why did others who were in charge of this investigation stand down, were they 'pressured'?
The only thing this shows is that we can waste a lot of money on what most people knew would be the published outcome. This will be our 'JFK' for decades.

Ron, Milton Keynes, Bucks

Ever get the feeling that everyone who thinks there is a conspiracy probably think that the americans also blew up the twin towers? At the end of the day, if you listen to EVIDENCE and proof, you will understand why the jury were not allowed to rule that there was a conspiracy, because there is no eveidence for this belief. It is all coincidence and theory from one very rich man whose own employee killed his son. Im sorry but if you want to believe she was murdered then keep doing it, the fact that her own sons have always believed it was a tragic accident says it all. Can we all please just move on a forget about this now, ten years and countless millions wasted for the same verdict everyone with a brain knew 10 years ago!

John, Manchester,

The verdict is wrong. Princess Diana left many details knowing she would be murdered. Yet they were ignored.
Mr. Alfayed does have the support of millions of people, we are not stupid, nor do we have agenda's. We know the truth.
We will remain Mr. Alfayed's supporter's, we are behind him,
we will always support him. How the jury can ignore such fact's as the Princess leaving letters of plots against her, her fears for her life is beyond reason. The only answer to this, is the instruction's given to the jury, the royal family not testifying.
Many reason's to obstruct the truth from coming out.
Remember this, the truth alway's prevail's. My wish is that Mr. Alfayed takes a much needed rest as this has taken such a heavy toll on the only man who is willing to have the truth exposed. The Royal family appears to be above the law.
This will come back to haunt them forever. Mr. Alfayed on the other hand can rest easy knowing he did everything possible to have the truth come out.

Karen, ottawa, Canada

Its conspicous that nobody up to now has mentioned suicide ...........lets have another inquest

gordon lonsdale, Norhampton , uk

Under the proposed law on Corporate Manslaughter, presumably Mohamed Al Fayed is responsible for these deaths, as the employer of Henri Paul.

When will we get to see him answering charges in court?

Graham Scrimgeour, Edinburgh, Scotland

How can someone over 3 times the legal limit on alcohol, handle a revolving door so well just before they left? They can't!!! It still does not add up.

gene, garland, usa/texas

Whenever crucial evidence is hidden from the jury or disallowed by the court (which happens to be routine), what is it called?
Miscarriage, Obstruction or Perversion of Justice.
Just like bought and paid for POLLS, it is, in fact:
Garbage in.
Garbage out.
Nothing more nor less.
Hence - we have rich and resonant irony in the term: BLIND JUSTICE!

Robert Henry, LONDON, UK

Sadly, the truth will never come out.

Charles, Hong Kong,

Does anyone seriously think that if a member of the Royal Family was murdered by the security services, that fact would be revealed in court? Similarly, does anyone think that there was any possibility of the Queen and Prince Phillip appearing in court? It's laughable.

If any of these people were involved, it would be covered up at the highest level.

Although, like many people, I feel uneasy about several aspects of the whole thing, I think on balance it was an accident. It comes down to some simple facts. If I thought someone was planning to involve me in a car accident I would make damn sure I always wore my seatbelt, but Diana didn't. She also got rid of her royal security protection.

These things contributed to the accident happening in the first place and it being fatal.

Robert, Manchester,

Surely there is no reason to keep bringing this up, other than
the fact it sells well.

7 million quid, for the obvious to be discovered, drunk driver chased by greedy press killed her.

Steve, Manchester,

Why is Mohamed Al Fayed not billed for the cost of this silly trial instead of the British taxpayers? He's the one who won't accept the fact his son's poor decisions, his employee's drunken driving, and his own status climbing is the real reason three people are dead.

nobozo, Phoenix, AZ

The conspiracy continues.

Marcolorenzo, Grosseto Italy,

Seatbelts.
As I remember only the front seat passenger had his on.

I believe he was the only one to live.

How come no mention in this article. ??

Bob Halliwell, Dnville, USA CA

Scott Benowitz, Rye, NY - good point. If the paparazzi (unidentified) are partly responsible for Diana's death, they cannot not also be partly responsible for Paul's.

alex, prenton,

William and Harry should marry a muslim.

Andy, London,

Um, even a 3-year old can rightfully ascertain that massive levels of CO2 in the drivers system can only get there by being forcefully introduced, by therefore nefarious forces, since even 3-year olds know we breathe air, not carbon dioxide. That simple fact alone showcases how arrogant and hateful Princess Diana's killers were.

Elliott, El Paso,

Oh my God, she was unlawfully killed. I sure am a dummy. All this time I thought she was'lawfully killed'.

Bob, NC, US

you can all say what you want to say but the judge presiding "dictated" proceedings so much so Diana was legally murdered under UK law.

peter, wigan, lancashier

Will Mr. Fayed now pay the bill?The Statement read out on his behalf says 'millions' around the world agree with him there was a conspiracy which resulted in the death of his Son, Diana and Driver. I believe many more millions, like myself, all based in the U.K. think he is a sad old delusioned old man who would never accept it's outcome if it was not to his liking and now wish for him to pay for the inquest.

It was because of the Paparazzi they left Italy in a hurry so even if MI5/6 The Royalty or whoever wanted to murder them they couldn't have organised the event within 24 hours in a different country.

I think Mr. Fayed is tormented by the fact Mr Paul was his employee; the couple came out of the safety cocoon of his hotel and even the 'decoy' was arranged by Mr Paul/The Ritz

I think a. This was never more than a 6 week fling b. Plans to marry Dodi would've been discussed with her sons c. If she really was pregnant Mr Fayed would be told AFTER her sons

Poor lonely man!

LT, Warminster, UK

Of course Dianna has some of the responsibility for her own death.

She was one of the most powerful women in the world, she could have told the driver not to risk her life and the lives of others on the road by driving so recklessly simply to save her from another photo shot.

Or insured she drove only in cars with tinted windows.

And of course she could have realized her fame made her no more immune from the power of inertia as anyone else, and wore a seat belt.

Timothy F Swinden, Perth, Australia

The driver, even if ordered by owners, should not have been speeding. And the Mercedes sedan failed at protecting it's occupants. Both parties are responsible.

Phil, Lawrenceville, NJ

The verdict does not surprise me. How much money was passed, especially to the butler, to arrive at this conclusion? She was a beautiful person who would have been alive today had she not been married (haha) into the Royal family. Only two blessings came out of that marriage for her, William and Harry.

Beverly, Alexander, AR

Finally - its over. Can Fayed and his cronies finally shut up. Let these people rest in peace - and the rest of us too!!

Paul, London, London

Well, it wasn't her time. Surely that's the point

Arthur C, London, London

Let us have no more of this troublesome publicity hound.

Bruce Northwood, Washington, D.C., USA

How about the fact that she and Dodi, would be alive today, if they had simply put on their seat belts. I have seen photos of the car before the rescue workers cut off the top and there was no damage at all to the back seat area. The guard in the front seat survived in an area of the car that was crushed because of his air bag and seat belt. The drunk driver was the cause, but Dodi and Diana sealed their own fate by not buckling up.

Bill, Westminster, Colorado USA

The coroner ordered the jury not to find in favour of the "conspiracy theorists?" Shouldn't the jury be allowed to hear everything, to make an accurate and just decision? What about the missing car the hit the Mercedes?

Markus, Calgary, Canada

Nonsensical ruling.
The driver held the key option; he did not HAVE to speed; he chose to do so.
The photogs were not out to kill the couple.

CPMJohn, Petaluma, California US

A lazar beam aimed at the chauffeur's eyes could have caused the accident.

Eloise, Orange County, USA

And now what shall be done with the employer of the drunken driver? After all he was working and this his employer is responsible for his actions.

Nona, New York City, USA

And the point of this fiasco of a process was ?

St John Delwes-Cholmondely (Lord), Hingebottom Bay, UK

It has long been my belief that Mr al-Fayed latched on to the conspiracy theory soap box because the alternative is too awful for him to bear - that he created the circumstances that led to the death of his son. He pushed his son and Princess Diana together for his own manipulative reasons - one of which to "get at" the Royal Family for which he has long had an animosity towards - only for it to come to a tragic end in a car accident.

There is also the fact that Princess Diana was in a car being driven by a drunken employee of the Ritz which is owned by Mr al-Fayed. That would almost certainly leave him open to a lawsuit by Princes William and Henry.

Either way, a conspiracy theory is better for Mr al-Fayed.

Lisa, London,

"Why can't you guys drop this issue? What is up with the Brits and their fascination with Diana?"

Aren't the Americans still trying to figure out who shot JFK?

Every country seemingly has to waste money on some pointless historical obsession. Admittedly, this is an absurd way to spend 6 million quid.

Jeremy, Ridgewood, NJ

The obsession of one man - Mohammed al-Fayed - has cost the UK taxpayer millions! As a father who lost his son so violently, of course we feel dreadfully sorry for him. But as a liltigant who has blatantly used the British legal system as a channel for that obsession, and as a source of revenge for his own long-standing disputes with the British establishment, his actions have been reprehensible. Sadly, that very establishment has allowed him a free rein to do this. He should have been warned, when it became clear that he could adduce no evidence to support his claims, that he would have to bear the costs of the hearing if he chose to carry on.

Ray, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

I could have told you this was the cause of her death the day it happened.

Anthony, Los Angeles,

Any unbiassed person knew all along that the cause of driving was rash driving, possibly compounded by a drunk driver and one that could have been prevented by wearing seat belt. Having spent so much money in proving the obvious, simply to deal with the irresponsible Mr Fayed, can we at least use this to publicise the virtues of not drinking and driving, wearing seat belts and simply not driving under duress. And may the souls of the departed rest in peach.

Sundar, New Rochelle, USA

Not to imply that I endorse the 'conspiracy theories' but how can a jury come to a valid judgement if they are only allowed to pick from a small list of outcomes? How is it a fair hearing if they are ordered to not find on any outcome? Justice like that isn't just blind, it's gagged and bound.

Jon, Missouri, US

I don't know ace!!! What is with the Americans and their fascination with JFK?

Jason, Kiev,

At long last what seems to be a sensible decision, and let us hope that paparazzi across the world will take due note.

However, I see that the bereaved al-Fayed cannot leave it behind, even now.

How desperately sad.

David Jefferis, Brill, UK

Mr Fayed still says 'murder' and if he questions the court, he should be pulled in for contempt and given a prison sentence and deported back to his native Egypt where he will enjoy full freedom od speech. 12 ordinary men and women spoken after intense deliberation. It was all clear from the start that this was the case. Drunken driver trying to avoid the phographer pack and not wearing seat belts are the reaons.

Hope this man Fayed would now shut up.

Gary, LONDON,

As vile as I find paparrazzi and tabloid "journalists", the simple fact is that they exist because we supply them with a market. You want to see this sort of thing end? Quit buying crap like "People", "National Enquirer", or even the so-called mainstream publications as long as they continue to insist on printing stories that really aren't any of our damn business.

Dave P, Plymouth, MN, USA

I'm sure Fayed will go on spewing his psychotic denials till the day he dies, in an effort to evade torturing himself with the thought that the beloved Diana died in his son's company, in one of HIS cars, leaving from one of HIS hotels, with one of HIS drivers. Truth means nothing to this man. The British government should deport him.

Elizabeth Renant, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Why on earth do people care about this anymore??? She died TEN YEARS ago!!!! Yes, I'm sure she was a lovely person but there are lots of lovely people who die. Life is like that.

It's a sad indictment of both the British media (for reporting and keeping it going) and the British people (for buying papers about it still!).

Seriously - let's move on, people!!!

Will, London, Londonshire

I could have thought of a lot better ways to spend 6 million pounds, feed some poor kids, house some homeless, protect abused chilfren..what a ridiculous waste of money. Thats vulgar.

Margaret, crestview, florida

What is up with the brits? No one, in any country on this planet wants to say goodbye to their heros. There are still people in the usa that believe elvis presley is still alive but under cover, how about the jfk conspiracy theorists, or m. monroe. Can't say that I blame the brits at all, we all feel a great sense of loss and can only hope her memory will never die.

Douglas C Gruesbeck, Cedar Lake , USA Michigan

At that time watching the pictures,now reproduced again, of the couple inside the lift and in the hotel hall it was absolutely clear that Diana and Dodi were behaving very irrationally. She as a princess and member of the royal family had been subjected to extraordinary attention by media (photographers and journalists) since the very day of the announcement of her relation with Charles. During many years she attended so many ceremonies and all sorts of public appearances to make her highly experienced with fame. Why were the two lovers in Paris so concerned to have "paparazzi" hunting for shots when Diana herself had had constantly those guys lurking for her outings stationed outside Kensington Palace gates along Kensington High St and Notting Hill Gate? Her visible nervosity was not of a self-confident princess, well trained to handle photographers, but of an ashamed mother of two boys. Responsible of the tragedy was Dodi by allowing his driver to escape like a reckless fool.

Carlo di Giorgio, Venice, Italy

From photos taken at the accident scene, it could be seen that the rear seat passenger compartmen was not crushed enough to kill the rear seat passengers, had they been wearing seat belts.

Wherever highways are designed by intelligent people, there would have been a continuous horizontal guard rail that would deflect a vehicle with only sideswipe damage. Instead, this retarded French design provided verticle posts every few feet, guaranteed to totally destroy any vehicle wandering a foot or two from the roadeway...This unbelievable inompetence by the French highway designer(s) was clearly a major contributor to fatalities in ths accident. It is amazing to me that this major contributor was never even mentioned.

Don, Washington, Illinois

JonSE in Prescott Arizona wrote, "Diana had said she had something to say that would shock the world. CIA, MI6, French secret services was in Paris, the question is why."

The Central Intelligence Agency has personnel stationed at nearly every American embassy around the world at all times. So saying the CIA was in Paris at the time of Diana's death means nothing. There were many foreigners in Paris on that night; were they all involved in the alleged conspiracy, too, Jon?

Besides, why would American intelligence concern itself with the activities of the ex-wife of a future figurehead monarch? We fought a revolution to rid ourselves of such silly matters.

Ern Collins, Columbus, Ohio, USA

It is not clear why the Fiat Uno which was coincidentally painted red after having been in the tunnel at the same time carrying a dog and having left behind white paint clearly as a result of a minor shunt was not considered relevant to determining the cause of the accident. The driver's refusal to appear at inquest could not affect the actual train of events leading up to the crash and may have been highly relevant if he swerved in front of the Merc without warning.

John, London, UK

Believe me, most Brits also wish the whole thing would go away. The first 25 min of the 30-min BBC 10 o'clock news was Diana tonight - absolutely ridiculous. In a nutshell, most of us knew by about 24 hours after she died that it was a combination of a drunk driver and not wearing a seatbelt - it cannot be a coincidence that of everyone in that car the only one who survived was the one who was wearing his seatbelt. The remaining minority will not be convinced no matter what. Either way this was a waste of time, effort and taxpayers' money. And, Americans, please don't take this as an insult, but from my observation of forums like this one it seems to be mostly women from America who are the keenest on the Royal Family as an object of veneration and Diana in particular as an alleged uncanonised saint. I don't know many Brits who are that interested.

Jenny Latimer, Dundee,

If you want to continue to hold onto your conspiracy theories by the thinnest of threads, go ahead and make it a BIG one!

DIanna was killed by the same American that killed JFK from the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963, using alien technology the government copied from the aliens that crashed at Roswell, N.M. in 1948!

Boy, some people are pathetic in their ability to deny the obvious, run away from the truth, and embrace the most ridiculous of falsehoods until their dying breath just because they hate the goverment. GET A LIFE!!!!

Joe W, San Antonio, Texas/USA

'Scapegoats' comes to mind here !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

Who cares.. It doesn't matter!!

Matt, Huntsville, USA/AL

Diana had said she had something to say that would shock the world. CIA, MI6, French secret services was in Paris, the question is why. It never came out in the trial, and it never would have, the establishment and the powers are in place to protect queen & country. The reality, could any one in the establishment accept a former member of the Royal Family being married to a Muslim? much more the mother of a future king of England. What ever Diana was going to announce she had to be silenced. No one that was called to court was ever going to tell the truth, nor produce the evidence required, to have a open or fair case. It is a cover up, for the interest of the Monarchy. The light flashed that blinded the driver was the cause of the crash, All camera was not working that night, it is strang to say the least.

daphne kenward, Cambridge, UK

You cant beat the government when they want to get something done. There the GOVERNMENT! They rule you!

hani, newyork, united states

Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police commissioner, urged the Harrod's owner to accept the verdict.

"Mr al Fayed has said that he will accept the verdict of the jury. The verdict has been clear. They have said that they are absolutely sure that there is no conspiracy in relation to this matter," he said.

However in his summing up, Lord Justice Scott Baker, the coroner, ruled that there was no evidence to back up Mr al-Fayed’s claims, and so disallowed any verdict which could point to a murder plot.

It appears that the jury was disallowed by the justice from placing any blame upon officialdom. That in itself throws a bit of hot water upon Lord Stevens' statement.

She may not have been murdered, but the fix was in on this inquest.

JonSE, Prescott, Arizona, USA

does anybody care how she died?

jo, london, uk

As the inquest has decided that chasing pack of paparazzi were to blame, perhaps it was unwise to have that "Princess on Board" sticker in the back window!

Nick Hampshire, Batley, West Yorkshire

Earl Spensor had plenty to say shortly after Diana's death....time to have another go Charles!
Diana was creamated & placed in the Spensor vault at Great Brington church..not buried on the Island....

ABBY GRANT, Thetford, UK

i think jon paul was the driver and he should know better for the safty of a great princess diana what a loss and the news people was only trying to make money they are part of it too about 1/4 wrong may their souls rest in peace aloha joseph bugado

joseph bugado, hilo, hawaii

She's STILL dead

James, Milwaukee, WI USA!

Please, please, please let this be the end of it let the dead rest in peace.

mick, Glasgow, Scotland

It all makes perfect sense to me now. Many thanks to all those who spent good taxpayer money on something so completely useless.

John , San Marino, CA

How can this verdict be correct? Surely Mr Al-Fayed cannot possibly have been wrong. Wasn't Diana was murdered by Lord Justice Scott Baker's friends? Surely a re-trial is necessary to pay the lawyers even more money to prove the obvious?

Bob Brown, Carlsbad, USA - California

don't ride in a car with a drunk driver. there...solved.

Jack Burton, Nashville, TN, USA

Of course it will probably not happen since the Royal Family doesn’t sue people for negligence or wrongful death - but left unsaid in all this is with a coroner’s verdict that Henri Paul an employee of the Ritz Hotel and hence of the Fayed empire was responsible for the late Princesses death, her estate and/or Princes William and Harry now have excellent prospects for a lawsuit against the Ritz

EAG, Maritimes, Canada

"Why can't you guys drop this issue? What is up with the Brits and their fascination with Diana?" MMM pot, kettle black, what about JFK or the other Kennedy's?

aj, London,

what a monumental waste of time and money. you could of paid me 6 million and i would of told you the same thing.

keith, chester,

The verdict we all knew from the start. What a complete and utter waste of 6 million pounds.

I hope this is the last we hear of Diana.

Chris , London, England

Bob, it's really annoying when people apologize for other Americans. Especially by playing into the stereotypes of Americans who overeat. Plenty of Brits overeat as well -- their obesity rates are nearly on par with the USs'.

Lisa , New York, NY

a glorious ending to a glorious life... let's move on.

Rick Splooge, Clarkston , USA GA

No I think the paparazzi should not get away with manslaughter. If your relative was killed and eleven years later someone proved it was manslaughter would you say that? No. You would want the people responsible to pay. Especially the paparazzi... they think they can do anything they want.

Laura, Kenosha, WI, USA

LOL @ "But, they do have good health care."

David, Bakersfield, CA

I'm tired of this Fayed guy trying to stir up this issue time and time again. The driver was autopsied and found to be liquored up with pills in France which is why he drove into a concrete post in a tunnel. Oh brother, right...the Queen paid off the French, Good Grief...Go away Fayed!

Cathy, Kenner, USA

Ace - Illinois

I think most British people want it dropped but there was a French inquest, then a British inquest & then because of an extremely wealthy Billionaire who lost his son & has numerous theories of his own they had another British inquest with a jury - All the inquests have taken years & you can only carry out one at a time, each time millions of pieces of evidence to go through - This final inquest with a jury was to lay to rest the conspiracy theories that Al Fayed has been putting forward for 10 years. Besides, having lived in London & NYC my entire life I would argue that Americans are more fascinated with Diana than the British.

Juda, New York City, NY

-How come there's no inquest into the death of Henri Paul now? Or should I perhaps say, is there going to be one?

-If the photographers are now being implicated as having been at least partly responsible for the deaths of Diana and Dodi, then by association, don't they have to have been at least partly responsible for Mr. Paul's death?

-I for one think that all you taxpayers in the U.K. should now have to foot the bill for yet another one of thse inquests- The tabloids will be eternally grateful if you do-

Scott Benowitz, Rye, New York, U.S.A.

Even if it WAS murder, it would never be proven. Too much power and money behind it all.

sara, maryville, fl

So the Brits system is just like ours. But, they do have good health care.

d lucas, lake geneva,

More finger-pointing and blame-gaming. The Diana fanatics aren't interested in justice -- this is all about blaming anyone except Diana and her boy-toy for what should be rightfully called a case of death by misadventure. They were not wearing seat belts, they allowed an intoxicated driver behind the wheel, and I have no doubt that Di and Dodi urged their driver to lose the pursuing photographers. Nobody forced them to flee at high speed -- that was the decision of Di and Dodi, undoubtedly. But, as long as we're wasting time and money on redundant investigations, let's go back and prosecute those who REALLY killed Heath Ledger and John Kennedy Jr and Elvis and Bruce Lee... C'mon, people, we're not in high school anymore. These were all adults who made bad decisions that resulted in their untimely deaths. Just so, Di and Dodi were as responsible as anyone for what happened that night.

Charles Miller, Kings Mountain, NC,

strange that nowhere is it mentioned here that it was not up to the jury to consider if there was a conspiracy. The coroner ruled out that decision before they had to come to a "verdict". The jury just had the possability of "open verdict" as for the "worst" option for the killing. It was a 9-2 verdict !?

R.T. Hansen, Berlin, Germany

The figure of £1.29p was the cost of a few newspaper reports in 1997.

Mohammed, London, UK

Firstly, please let me apologize for 'Ace, Illinois' and his dimwitted comment. Not all Americans are as myopic as he is. Ace please go back to eating so we don't have to hear you speak.

Secondly, this does seem to be a long and expensive process to discover what it seems was already apparent. Bad driver, bad circumstances, bad outcome - all well documented as the photogs were on the scene of the accident.

Bob, Austin, TX, USA

So, where are the members of the paparazzi that have now been found guilty of manslaughter, and how will they make restitution?

Dan K., Rochester, NY, USA

Um - let it drop. She's dead. Sad? Yes. Get over it though.

I've never understood the facination with British Royalty. Whay did she ever do other then being born into the 'correct' gene pool? Like all Royalty - over-rated...

George, New York,

I'm glad the jury have seen sense.

Mr al Fayed should be on trial himself. It was his company who allowed Henri Paul to drive the vehicle when he was in a completely unfit state. He should be made accountable.

Eugene Fraxby, Scunthorpe,

Didn't we have this conclusion 10 years ago, before millions of pounds were spent on the various investigations and now this Inquiry?

BCM, Canada,

Well, hopefully we can move on. One thing that I wish that more people would take on board is the lesson about seatbelts : The only person that survived was the only one wearing a seat belt. Even a Princess in an armoured car needs a seat belt.

barrie, Guildford, Surrey

Would someone familiar with the law,explain the difference between" accidental death" and "unlawful killing". Is it equal to " involuntry manslaughter" in the American law?

Sam, Dallas, USA

The only thing missing is a "grassy knoll."

Brett, Boston, USA

Ace in Illinois wrote: "Why can't you guys drop this issue? What is up with the Brits and their fascination with Diana?"

Pshaw... as if Americans aren't still fascinated with the assassinations of JFK, MLK Jr., and Robert Kennedy and spin the most amazing conspiracy theories about them. Why does it bother you that there is still interest in Lady Diana's death in her home country?

Jina, Colorado,

Ace, for the same reason we Americans can't drop our fascination with the deaths of JFK, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis: Most people are ghouls.

Sophia Ciora, Plymouth, Ohio, USA

Excuse me, not that I am a regular limo user, but on the occassions I have been and with the friends I know who do on a regular basis- NO ONE uses seats belts.

Sam, Los Angeles, USA

And that cost £6 million???

John Tomlinson, Brentwood, Essex

This is the final word on this case just as the Warren Commission report was the final word on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Those who believe there was a high-level conspiracy will continue to believe so while those who believe this was due to the combined negiligence of the driver and the paprazzi will feel vindicated and wonder why so much money and time was spent to discover the obvious.

Steve C., Cleveland, Ohio, USA

I am sick and tired of hearing about Diana and her boyfriend(s). They are both the victims of their own lifestyle and reckless behavior. Drop it already, enough has been said about these two.

Ruthann, Los Altos, CA, USA

I've known since the day she died, that she would be alive today if Henri Paul had obeyed the speed limit. And it didn't take me £6 million to reach that conclusion!

How many more millions could be saved by applying a little common sense?!

Jessica Tufts, Milton Keynes,

Now that the responsibility has at last been clearly laid on his own doorstep I trust that Mr Al Fayed will unceremoniously fire the manager of The Ritz Hotel, Paris who had knowingly kept a drunken 'cowboy' on the hotel's payroll as responsible for 'security' and who, in a bid for personal glory, had assumed a chauffeur's duties choosing to ignore the advice of professional security personnel with the catastrophic consequences that, unfortunately, we all know too well.

Mafmaf, Paris, France

Who?

JT, Sheffield, UK

Why can't you guys drop this issue? What is up with the Brits and their fascination with Diana?

Ace, Illinois, USA

Duh ... this is perfect logic ... drunken speed and being chased by paparazzi ... it seems that this was suspected all along. Another case of the deadly mixture of alcohol and vultures.

Charles, New York, NY

...and the fact that they did not fasten their seatbelts.

But didn't we all know this from Lord Stevens' report....seven million pounds ago?

Simon Bee, Wokingham, UK

At last, a sensible verdict to a devastatingly brutal death for both.
Perhaps the world can put this to rest, but the families of both Lady Di, and Doti shall never forget them, nor their tragic end.

I feel for the parents, sisters and brothers of both.

gloriak, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Was the fact she wasn't taken to the hospital for a long time brought up and investigated as she did not die at the scene of the crime?

Pam, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

It is always sad when some passes so young, but maybe everyone will put this to rest. She was such a beautiful person and it was just her time.

Debie, Greenup, IL