The tragic 1997 car crash in Paris that led to late Princess Diana and her companion then, Dodi al Fayed's deaths, seems to attract more and more attention from media everywhere lately, as new evidence and witnesses are allegedly being incorporated into the investigation.


The detective who chairs the investigation, former chief of London's Metropolitan police, Sir John Stevens, stated that that he is unable to address questions regarding specific details about the names of the witnesses and the type of new forensic evidence he is possession of, but restricted his comments to confirming that the investigation has indeed scored such developments and that the witnesses are not the ones the French police initially talked to.

His comments, delivered during an interview at a literary festival in the southern part of England, where he is due to launch a book, were reported in the British media today.

Although an initial inquiry led by the French authorities in 1999, had come to the conclusion that the car accident was caused by Henri Paul, Diana and Dodi's chauffeur, who was drunk and drove too fast, controversy still surrounds this case, especially due to the fact that there are many conspiracy theories related to it, the most famous one being that according to which Diana was murdered by the British intelligence.

This theory is also supported by Mohamed al Fayed, Dodi's father, who has claimed that his son and Diana were killed by the secret services due to the fact that their relationship was causing great shame to the British royal family, ever since the accident occurred.

According to the Guardian newspaper, Lord Stevens declared that he would research upon all conspiracy theories, especially the US-British intelligence services cooperation to murder the Princess of Wales, which is also featured in the book called "Diana, the Hidden Evidence":" We are dealing with each and every conspiracy theory. We will go where the evidence takes us and I intend to finish the job. It is a complex business and it is taking time".