THE PRINCESS DIANA THEORY

Like many other couples after an idyllic holiday in the Mediterranean, Dodi and Diana decided to say goodbye to their summer with a last night in Paris. From the moment they left the aircraft in Paris, their every step was dogged by the massed ranks of the paparazzi. There were confrontations. There was a high-speed chase.

For dinner, Dodi had booked Chez Benoit, a fashionable but cosy restaurant. They had to abandon their attempt to go there because of the harassment by pursuing photographers. So, they returned to L’Hotel Ritz. Even in the Espadon restaurant, there were prying eyes. And, so, they retired to a suite for dinner a deux.

Had they returned to London on the Sunday morning, as was planned, Diana would have told her sons about her engagement to Dodi before they returned to school for the autumn term. The Princess had hinted to reporters that the next thing she would do would surprise them. Now, she had a plan for her life ahead.

She and Dodi were to visit Hong Kong and then fly across the Pacific, stopping in the Hawaii Islands for a holiday on one of the outer islands. Then, they would go on to Los Angeles and the house at Malibu.

To the endless regret of those who knew and loved Dodi Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales, it all ended in the Alma tunnel, in the early hours of a day that should have been such a propitious and happy one for them both.

But there was an ending to the fairy story that noone expected .why was the doctor present straight after the crash confident that Princess Diana would survive ,why did the bodyguard suffer "amnesia"which appears to be permanent (very unusual) what happened to the white car that witnesses saw ,why did this "witness" commit suicide which undermines the French police claim that photographer James Andanson doused himself and his black BMW with petrol and set himself alight.

Andanson was found dead in his burnt-out car three years after the smash which killed Diana, her lover Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul.

Andanson, suspected of causing the crash by driving a white Fiat Uno into their Mercedes, was said officially to have committed suicide.

But investigators have uncovered a receipt which shows that although Andanson, 54, did buy a substantial amount of fuel on the day he died, it was diesel, not petrol.

Unlike petrol, diesel is not highly inflammable at normal temperatures and would not have ignited if he had struck a match.
You would not be able to set light to diesel with a match.
He used his credit card to buy more than 100 litres of diesel on a visit to a hypermarket near Nant, southern France.

Sceptics would say it is far more likely that the experienced paparazzo bought it to fill up his car for the 400-mile journey back to his home in central France.

They would also think it unlikely for him to prepare his car for a long trip if he planned to kill himself just a few miles away.

The development could support the theory that Andanson was murdered by the security services.