B. B.
2006-12-17 11:50:12 UTC
Mohamed Al Fayed challenges Stevens' verdict
Thursday, 14th December, 2006
Mohamed Al Fayed vowed today to challenge the verdict of the Stevens' report
that the killing of his eldest son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales, was
an accident.
Mohamed Al Fayed said: "I will never accept this cover up of what really
happened. For nine years I have fought against overwhelming odds and
monstrous official obstructions. I will not stop now in my quest for the
truth. It is the only thing I can do for those two wonderful people who lost
their lives. I shall keep searching for the truth, no matter what."
Mohamed Al Fayed had been given an undertaking by Lord Stevens at the outset
of the Scotland Yard inquiry in 2004, that he would be given sight of the
report well before it was published. He was told that he would be able to
comment upon the report and his Director of Security would be able to
suggest any lines of inquiry that had been overlooked. This did not happen.
After the Surrey coroner, Michael Burgess, was pushed aside and the retired
Judge, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, was parachuted in to conduct the
inquests, the Stevens investigation was suddenly, prematurely and
peremptorily closed down.
Mohamed Al Fayed was presented with a copy of Lord Stevens' report only
three hours before he made it public at a press conference in Westminster.
"I am disappointed that the agreement I thought I had with Lord Stevens has
not been honoured", said Mohamed Al Fayed. "Lord Stevens assured me,
personally, that he would find the truth. He would follow the evidence
wherever it led, even if that truth was embarrassing to those in high
places. The British Establishment could not tolerate the thought of my son
marrying Princess Diana, the mother of the future King. So, they stopped it
happening in the most brutal way imaginable."
Thus, the struggle continues for the truth. The truth has nothing to fear
from the light of day. Mohamed Al Fayed will use the courts, both here and
in France, to take forward his case that Dodi and Princess Diana were the
victims of a high level conspiracy to murder them.
Thursday, 14th December, 2006
Mohamed Al Fayed vowed today to challenge the verdict of the Stevens' report
that the killing of his eldest son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales, was
an accident.
Mohamed Al Fayed said: "I will never accept this cover up of what really
happened. For nine years I have fought against overwhelming odds and
monstrous official obstructions. I will not stop now in my quest for the
truth. It is the only thing I can do for those two wonderful people who lost
their lives. I shall keep searching for the truth, no matter what."
Mohamed Al Fayed had been given an undertaking by Lord Stevens at the outset
of the Scotland Yard inquiry in 2004, that he would be given sight of the
report well before it was published. He was told that he would be able to
comment upon the report and his Director of Security would be able to
suggest any lines of inquiry that had been overlooked. This did not happen.
After the Surrey coroner, Michael Burgess, was pushed aside and the retired
Judge, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, was parachuted in to conduct the
inquests, the Stevens investigation was suddenly, prematurely and
peremptorily closed down.
Mohamed Al Fayed was presented with a copy of Lord Stevens' report only
three hours before he made it public at a press conference in Westminster.
"I am disappointed that the agreement I thought I had with Lord Stevens has
not been honoured", said Mohamed Al Fayed. "Lord Stevens assured me,
personally, that he would find the truth. He would follow the evidence
wherever it led, even if that truth was embarrassing to those in high
places. The British Establishment could not tolerate the thought of my son
marrying Princess Diana, the mother of the future King. So, they stopped it
happening in the most brutal way imaginable."
Thus, the struggle continues for the truth. The truth has nothing to fear
from the light of day. Mohamed Al Fayed will use the courts, both here and
in France, to take forward his case that Dodi and Princess Diana were the
victims of a high level conspiracy to murder them.