Diana inquest will be held in public

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2493570,00.html

The first hearings of the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, will now be held in public after an embarrassing climbdown by the judge in charge.

Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the former senior judge, announced yesterday that she had backed down over plans to hold in private the preliminary hearings scheduled for early January. A Judicial Communications Office spokesman said that she had been persuaded to change her mind because of public interest in the case.

The decision handed a victory to Mohamed Al Fayed, the owner of Harrods, who had declared that he would lodge a legal challenge over private proceedings.

Mr Al Fayed, the father of the Princess’s friend, Dodi Fayed, who died in a car crash with her, had said that he would oppose any move to hold the inquest behind closed doors, including preliminary hearings. Those hearings are due to take place on January 8 and 9, nearly ten years after the accident in Paris that killed the Princess and Mr Fayed.
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The report will also dismiss claims that the Princess was engaged to Dodi Fayed, or even pregnant by him. By law, the inquest must be held in public, unless there are national security reasons that require it to be in private. However, there is no requirement for the preliminary hearings to be held in public.

Why can't people just leave her alone? She is my idol and I miss her still but people need to move on.

The inspectors found her Head and Shoulders under the dashboard.


I just couldn't help myself.


Do you know why they were in a Mercedes?

Because she wouldn't be caught dead in a BMW.


I have to give credit to my friend Tom Snyder for those awful jokes.

But you oughta hear him tell 'em.


Even my Mother knows I am sorry.

bad!!

The Debbil took control of my hands.

(But he plays a mean slide guitar)

We apologize.

Kind of.