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Conspiracy Realities
The Big Three Diana
Conspiracy
 Theories
1. Faked Death
Plot
Fed up with the
constant intrusions into her private life by the media, Diana, helped
by the huge resources of Dodi, arranges a spectacular 'death' from
which she can retreat into blissful isolation. One version of the
theory claims that the crash was an attempt at a faked death that went
horribly wrong.
Evidence
a. Bodyguard Trevor
Rees-Jones still lives, but testimony from Mercedes auto experts says
that it would have been almost impossible for anyone to have survived
a crash in the tunnel in a car going at 121 mph. Maybe, as driver
Henri Paul's lawyers claim, the car was not going that fast. Maybe the
crash was faked by the army-trained Rees-Jones who had previously
deposited Di and Dodi elsewhere.
b. Dodi's usual
driver was not used. Mystery still surrounds Henri Paul, the security
officer who stepped in at the last minute to drive the Mercedes S-280.
It took a full two days for his name to be revealed, for instance.
Co-workers at the Ritz Hotel say he kept himself to himself and never
socialised with them. One version of this conspiracy has it that Paul
simply did not exist, another that he was quickly whisked away from
the hospital after being declared dead by doctors in cahoots with the
Al Fayed family.
c. Just six hours
before she died Di let slip to Daily Mail reporter Richard Kray that
she was about to withdraw completely from public life.
Likelihood: 2/10
Parts of it sound
feasible but what about Di's two children? It is almost inconceivable
that she would want to miss out on the rest of their lives. The
chances of her coming back to see them without being noticed are
surely slim, though plastic surgery permitting it might be prudent to
look out for a similarly built 'nanny' appearing on the scene in the
future.
2. MI6 Killed
Di
Plot
Rogue elements in
the British secret service decide that Di is a threat to the throne,
and therefore the stability of the state. They take her out.
Evidence
a. Recent
revelations have shown that there are rogue elements in the secret
service who act as more or less autonomous cells. Some of these have
been revealed to have a pretty strange view of what constitutes a
threat to the state. For instance, they have files on John Lennon,
current British Home Secretary (Interior Minister) Jack Straw and they
once tried to destabilise the 1970s Labour government. It is not
inconceivable that the same agents who believed Lennon was capable of
leading revolution also believed Diana was capable of fomenting
popular unrest.
b. MI6 is suspected
of bugging Diana throughout her years in the Royal limelight, and many
believe they were behind the leaking of the 'Squidgygate' phone
tapping tapes which damaged her image during the break up with
Charles.
c. Bodyguard Trevor
Rees-Jones was a former member of the crack Parachute Regiment, one of
the most toughest in the British army. He also completed two stints in
Northern Ireland and served in the Royal Military Police, just the
kind of background that would have seen him come into contact with
listeners of the secret service. Theorists cite the fact Rees-Jones
survived the crash as evidence that he was in on the plot to snuff out
the Diana
threat.
Likelihood: 3/10
Few doubt that the
nutters at MI6 are capable of anything but surely even they would have
had qualms about bumping off Diana, if only for the reason that her
death might bring on the very things they most fear, the drift toward
a republican state in the UK, as Charles loses still more popularity.
Did MI6 Kill Diana?
We examine the evidence
3. Target Dodi
Plot
Business enemies of
Dodi and his father Mohammed Al Fayed assassinate Dodi, with the death
of Di a magnificent cover for their operation.
Evidence
Al Fayed has not got
to the top without making some serious enemies along the way. The
owner of Harrods fought a bitter battle for the top London store some
years ago and has also been denied British nationality after question
marks were raised about his business practise. His activities have
included under the counter payments to Conservative MPs. as his oldest
son and heir, Dodi would be an obvious target for anyone wanting to
settle a score with Al Fayed.
Likelihood: 1/10
With Di involved,
the police operation is likely to be one of the biggest in Paris
history so any assassin would be taking one hell of a risk by cutting
the break cable, say, of Dodi's car. Then again, the day of the Jackal
is a Paris story.
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