Princess Diana Death: A Parade Of Patsies

Princess Diana Assassination: Not The Usual Suspects
No self-respecting assassination plot is complete without a cast of patsies and this one is no different. This plot in fact has more than its fair share of patsies! The word paparazzi became common language after August 31, 1997, the night that Princess Diana was killed.

From the moment Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed arrived in Paris from Sardinia on August 30, 1997 they were harassed by an unusually aggressive breed of Paparazzi! One dark car in particular, filled with "paparazzi," weaved, swerved and braked recklessly and dangerously in front of their limo as Dodi and Diana were ferried from the airport.

Thus a precedent was being set for what was to come later that night leading up to the crash. In all likelihood that car and those men in the car were not paparazzi but rather security agents (intelligence agents) setting a pattern of behavior that would stick in everyone's mind thereby reinforcing the impression that it was the paparazzi who caused the crash!

Another strange coincidence (and certainly not the last) was that there were no British journalists entrenched within the ranks of the paparazzi that night in Paris. It's not as if Princess Diana's and Dodi Fayed's plans were a secret; which begs the question, were the British journalists warned to stay away? After all photos of Princess Diana commanded a hefty price so it would have been very much in the interest of those journalists to have been in Paris with the rest of the pack that weekend.

Parade of Patsies
Multiple eyewitness accounts from individuals in the tunnel at the time of the crash differentiate the main pack of the paparazzi from the two vehicles that appeared to work in tandem to cause the crash. These two vehicles, a powerful motorbike ridden by two riders and a white Fiat Uno were hot on the tail of the Mercedes prior to its entry into the Point d'Alma tunnel (the Fiat Uno was actually ahead of the Mercedes as if waiting in ambush) and they also happened to be way ahead of the other genuine paparazzi vehicles!

Thus by all accounts the real paparazzi were not in the tunnel at the moment of the crash! But they certainly made a very convenient and believable scapegoat or in any other language…patsy!

Paparazzi Frenzy Fest!
It is a well publicized fact that several persons took photos of the wrecked Mercedes and its occupants in the initial aftermath of the crash. Could some of those callous journalists have actually been security operatives (intelligence agents) who'd been loitering and mingling with the other paparazzi much of the day of August 30, 1997? The former Chief Superintendent of Scotland Yard, John McNamara, who was appointed by Mohamed Al Fayed to head an investigation of the crash confirmed from security camera footage from that night were indeed British and other foreign intelligence operatives mingling with the crowd of paparazzi.

Police Confiscate Crash Photos Supposedly Out Of Concern For Family Members
French Police wasted no time whatsoever in confiscating all photographs and other footage of the crash scene. The basis for their actions was apparently out of concern for the emotional trauma it would cause the relatives of the crash victims. But was that really their motivation; certainly it was quite convenient for the public to think so but what if there was another more sinister ulterior motive? Perhaps they were making sure that there were no loose ends left, like compromising photographs that could contradict the official account!

A Rash Of Press Agency Burglaries
Evidence tending to support the ulterior-motive angle is amply illustrated by the spate of similar burglaries that happened within hours of the crash. As things turned out, it so happened that not all the photos of the crash scene were confiscated by the French Police. Time is money, and nowhere is that adage as true as in the celebrity photojournalism business. Thus it really wasn't too surprising that some images of the crash got to London before the French Police and other security agents could get their hands on them. But ultimately it made little difference because London happened to be the plotters' backyard.

Just hours after the crash photojournalist Lionel Cherruault had his home burgled following a contact from a fellow journalist concerning photos taken of the crash in the Point d'Alma tunnel. Another photojournalist was to suffer the same fate too; Darryn Lyons had his London photo lab broken into the very same day that he received emailed images of the crash from French photo agent Laurent Sola.

What Was On The Photos That Could Not Be Allowed To Become Public?
While Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana were getting killed, the other decoy vehicles (a Mercedes S600 in which they'd been traveling all day and an escort Range Rover) had proceeded via another route to Dodi's apartment. When they got there, Dodi's other bodyguard (Kez Wingfield) and regular driver (Philippe Dourneau) heard of the crash and immediately rushed to the tunnel. Wingfield proceeded to call Dodi's father in London and informed him of the crash while Dourneau went to check on the wrecked vehicle and its occupants.

Dourneau's assessment of Princess Diana's injuries was that she had hurt her legs but otherwise appeared fine! There're also other witness accounts that largely contradict the official account, in that Princess Diana was not as badly injured as was made out. In fact many of the paparazzi claim that the Princess was sitting up and conscious after the crash at the time they took photos.

Could the fact that Princess Diana was not as critically injured as has been widely reported have been the real reason why the plotters were so frantic to get their hands on all photos?

Enter The Fallback Patsy!
Much in part to the numerous contradictory eyewitness accounts, it soon became clear to the plotters that pursuing the paparazzi-as-the-cause-of-the-crash angle was a lost cause. The grieving public simply wasn't buying it! It was time to move on to the fallback patsy, a scapegoat that turned out to be much more readily accepted by the world at large!

After several days of being held incommunicado the arrested paparazzi were eventually released but with strict warning not to talk or to publish any photos about the Diana crash if they valued their careers and lives! Like many a witness in this conspiracy, those journalists have largely kept quiet out of fear that they may wind up dead!

So who was the fallback patsy? The driver Henri Paul of course! The plot claims that he was a chronic alcoholic who happened to be heavily under the influence of booze the very night of the crash. Unfortunately for the plotters that theory too doesn't hold water (Read about Henri Paul alleged drunkenness here) and there only hope now is that their biggest ally of all (time) will not fail them!

Princess Diana Death: Eye Witness Accounts Dispute Official Story!

Princess Diana Crash:What The Witnesses Saw!

After dining at the Ritz Hotel Dodi's and Princess Diana's intention was to head back to Dodi's flat located at Rue Arsene-Houssaye. The shortest and quickest way to get there would have been to turn onto the Place de la Concorde and then make their way along the Avenue de Champ Elysees. But for some reason they didn't take this most obvious of routes but took the one that lead the Mercedes through the Point d'Alma tunnel...why was that?

A Trap Is Set And Sprung!
(It should be noted that some of the witnesses' surnames are not available because of the very real fear they had at the time that they would meet an untimely death!)

Thierry H: He saw a car blocking the exit that would have allowed Princess Diana's Mercedes to take the Place de la Concorde and thus avoid the tunnel at Point d'Alma. The car had several men and Thierry's assumption at the time was that those men were paparazzi (but were they really?).

Brenda Wells: The secretary from London who "reportedly went missing" following her statement to the French police. She told them that on her way home from a party with friends, she was forced off the road by a large and powerful motorbike ridden by two individuals as she approached the tunnel. The motorbike was tailing Princess Diana's limo at high speed, in conjunction with another smaller car (Fiat Uno? Although her account describes this car as dark colored). In her own words: "After a party with my friends, I was returning to my home. A motorbike with two men forced me off the road. It was following a big car. Afterwards in the tunnel there were very strong lights like flashes. After that, a black car arrived. The big car had come off the road. I stopped and five or six motorbikes arrived and started taking photographs."

The whereabouts of Brenda Wells are currently unknown but what is known is that soon after giving her statement to the French Police and after both she and her husband were warned to go into hiding and never speak about what they had witnessed…PHUT! Just like that she vanished…fell off the face of the earth!

Francoise & Valerie Levistre: Since they were driving in front of the Diana Mercedes they were strategically located to bear close witness to what exactly happened in the tunnel. The following account was recorded by Reuters on September 4th, 1997 from their home in Normandy France:

"I said to my wife that there must be a big shot behind us with a police escort. Then I went down into the tunnel and, again in my rearview mirror I saw the car in the middle of the tunnel with the motorcycle on its left, pulling ahead and then swerving to the right directly in front of the car…as the motorcycle swerved and before the car lost control, there was a flash of light but then I was out of the tunnel and, but did not see the impact…I immediately pulled my car over to the curb but my wife said 'Let's get out of here. It's a terror attack.'" (Reuters, Paris, Sourced from Internet 4/9/97).

Levistre also described the motorbike as being ridden by two individuals.

Gaelle L: Gaelle and her boyfriend Benoit were approaching the tunnel from the opposite direction in the opposing lane on the other side of the tunnel. Here's her account: "As we entered the Alma tunnel, we heard a loud noise of screeching tires. At that moment, in the opposite lane, we saw a large car approaching at high speed. The car swerved to the left, then went back to the right and crashed into the wall with its horn blaring. I should note that in front of this car, there was another smaller car. I think this vehicle was black, but I'm not sure. Behind the big car there was a large motorcycle. I can't be sure how many riders were on it."

Witness Saw Fiat Uno Driver Cause Crash That Killed Princess Diana!

Souad Mouffakir: Far too terrified in1997 to truthfully report what she (and her husband of the time) witnessed in the tunnel, six years after the crash, Souad recanted her earlier testimony with the following damning account! She stated, quite understandably, that she'd remained silent for six years about what she witnessed because she'd feared for her life. Her story was narrated to The People (note no money changed hands for the story).

Souad Mouffakir claims that she and her husband (Mohamed Medjahdi) were in a car that was traveling right in front of Princess Diana's Mercedes in the tunnel on the night of August 31, 1997. Through the rear window she noticed a Fiat Uno approaching them very rapidly, but rather than overtake them it slowed down so that both cars were parallel.

As Souad put it, "It was very strange behavior and I got frightened. The white car was only centimeters from ours. I stared over to the driver and I will never forget him." She then continues to describe how the man's demeanor and manner appeared very strange as if his thoughts were far…far away. She describes the man as being of Mediterranean descent and that she surmised he was short because his head barely cleared the steering wheel. In the back seat of the car sat what she described as a huge Alsatian.

She continues, "I became very scared, I thought he was a madman and I told Mohamed to speed away. We did that and a moment later we heard the screech of tyres. I looked round and saw a black Mercedes sliding out of control at 45 degrees, coming straight at us. I saw the car impact into the pillar. I did not realize that I had just seen the crash that killed Diana. I saw the chauffeur thrown forward in to the steering wheel. I knew he had been killed immediately." (Note: text in quote marks was sourced The People interview.)

Click here to read her actual words.

Plotters Knew Beforehand That Diana and Company Would Pass Through The Tunnel!
Jacques Morel: Moments before the crash, record producer Jacques Morel says he saw several figures (about a dozen) hanging out in the tunnel for no apparent reason. Driving home with his wife on that night this is how he described the peculiar scene: " As we entered the Alma tunnel I looked to my left and saw about a dozen shady figures on a tiny pavement by the side of the opposite carriageway…They were all standing in a long line. The sight was unforgettable. The pavement is less than 30cm (12in or 1ft) wide and next to fast traffic. They would have been breathing in petrol fumes and it was very dirty down there. It was certainly not a sensible place to stand around."

Mr. Morel continues, "There was an almighty bang and a great big flash of light. Immediately my wife and I realized there had been a crash. My first thought was that those inside the tunnel were connected with what had happened. This thought has never left me!"

Like several other witnesses who also feared for their lives, Mr. Morel only broke his silence after several years had elapsed since the accident. Evidently his testimony was taken seriously enough to warrant being flown to London for a 3-day interview by the Diana Crash Investigatory (Inquiry) Team headed by former Scotland Yard chief, Lord Stevens.

Jacques Morel told detectives he was convinced that Henri Paul was part of the plot and had been paid to take the tunnel; as he put it, "I am certain he was paid to drive through the Alma Tunnel. There was cash in Henri Paul's pocket when he was found dead!" We can only assume that when he refers to "cash", Mr. Morel is talking about substantial amounts.

Gary Hunter: This London-based lawyer observed, from his third floor hotel room overlooking the Point d'Alma tunnel (less than 100 yards distance) two vehicles zooming away from the tunnel shortly after the crash. This is his account as cited by Agence-France-Presse on September 22, 1997: "I was in my hotel room overlooking the tunnel and heard a car speeding from that direction…I jumped up and saw a small dark-colored car drive up the street with another car practically stuck to its back bumper…the first car looked like a Fiat Uno or a Renault Clio. The white car was a Mercedes…they both spun round together and sped off down the street at a suicidal pace, more than 100 miles per hour…I thought it was very strange that they were traveling so dangerously close to each other…their behavior made me wonder what exactly they had been up to in the tunnel when the crash happened!"

"My own feeling is that these were people in a hurry not to be there. I am confident that the car was getting off the scene, it looked quite sinister."

SUMMARY: These are just a few of the many eyewitness accounts that punched meteor shower like holes into the official story, that the crash that killed Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana and Henri Paul, was nothing but a tragic traffic accident!

Coming Tomorrow: Interpreting And Reconstructing From The Eyewitness Accounts What May Have Actually Happened.