I can imagine Philip reaching for the shotgun over the fireplace and the staff rushing to tether him to assorted and heavy carved mahogany.
The man’s going to be spouting steam like the Flying Scotsman for weeks. Mad bastard.
I agree with you Haj about her not predicting jackshit - but in the interests of fairness - there ARE some loose ends about the French investigation into the accident.
Some of those loose ends are…
(1) The radar traffic camera which photographs incoming vehicles into the tunnel “going above the speed limit”. The French claimed that the camera was out of order on the night of the crash and as such, no definitive assessment was able to be made of the Mercedes entrance speed.
(2) Within 48 hours of the crash, the French issued a press release which stated that the Mercedes speedometer had been frozen at 192kmh at the instant of the crash. Since then, Mercedes have proven conclusively that their electronic data displays instantly return to zero the moment any of their impact sensors are activated, and in turn, they have claimed that the French asssertion of 192kmh is pure bullshit. Moreover, Mercedes have totally and flat out been denied any access whatsoever to investigate the car, or the on board data mapping. The vehicle remains locked in a Freight container outside Charles de Gaul airport.
(3) Two weeks after the crash, two drivers received automatic speeding fines in the mail for entering the tunnel “above the speed limit” just 5 and 2 minutes prior to the crash. Those envelopes included automatic closeup photographs of the occupants of the cars. A similar photograph of the Diana Mercedes has been circulated too, which showed an entrance speed of just 123kmh - a far sight less than 192kmh. The only existence of the Diana photo however is a faxed copy sent from the offices of the Traffic Investigation branch some 5 hours after the crash. The photo has since gone missing, and the spin that the camera was “out of order” at the time has since replaced it.
(4) Henri Paul’s autopsy was extremely dubious. Amongst the various other toxicology findings in his blood was a carbon-monoxide reading of 0.27% per volume - which apparently is enough to make you violently ill and vomitous amongst other things. The morgue where the autopsy was performed included a suicide victim who had gassed himself in the oven. There is great speculation that blood samples were mixed - either consciously or deliberately to pain Henri Paul as the fall guy.
(5) And yet, just 15 minutes prior to the Mercedes leaving the rear of the Ritz Hotel, in house security video shows an extremely professional and sober looking Henri Paul issuing directions to his various security staff at the hotel. Indeed, Monsieur Paul then proceeds to lower himself onto his haunches and redo both of shoe laces on both shoes, elegantly transferring weight from one foot to the other while doing so. He then proceeds to stand and continue his business. The footage that I’ve personally seen shows a man who is totally sober - not the slightest hint of a wobble, or a balance adjustment. Try it yourself after a six pack one time - to do such a thing without showing a hint of intoxication is basically impossible.
Conspiracy-theory-enthusiast-friend: “The ‘reporters’ were actually Mossad agents. They weren’t trying to kill her, they were just trying to get compromising photos of her in order to discredit her anti-landmine efforts, but inadvertantly caused the crash. They just wanted to smear her.”
Me: “Well, they did.”
It is all about book sales.
This guy is a parasite, bar none.
Still, with the French investigation, something is hinky.
It is also interesting how the UK government does not want an inquiry. Either they don’t want to ruffle the diplomatic feathers between two countries that have have always had one thing or another going or they (monarchy) are glad to wash their hands of her permanently.
There is a conspiracy book about how Diana was suppose to be some kind of pure blood ( Holy Grail related?) and how by marrying her it would restore the British monarcy to it’s glory or something. God, what was that book and would someone buy it for me. Laurence Somebody wrote it.
So far, in my mindless googling: diana crash site photos and other assorted words, I think I’ve landed on more spam connected stuff than ever before. The next major celebrity that dies I am setting up links or whatever it is to net google into my web.
Now I really want to read this, but put your wallet away, I just requested a copy through the Library network. 
Oooh, I can’t WAIT to hear what Philip will say about this. He cracks me up.
I firmly believe that 99.9% of what he says is all just to garner a reaction. He’s the Troll on the SDMB that is the Royal Family.
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She’s dead, Jim!
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Actually, it was all a horrible misunderstanding.
The pursuing reporters merely had precise instructions to;
“Follow closely and watch Princess Die.”
Frankly, my first thought on this was that, if I was really worried about dying in a car crash, I’d wear my freakin’ seatbelt! My second thought was that the poor loopy girl was even a drama queen from beyond the grave.
As Gary Kumquat said earlier in this thread, a car accident is a damn unpredictable way to kill someone! No serious assassin will rely on something so random. There’s no way to know what the outcome of a crash will be. I’ve walked away from two accidents where the car was totaled.
THEY would arrange for her to be abducted by aliens or summat. THEY are all powerful, you know.
I can’t remember much about the Mike Smith crash. He and his wife were TV presenters, obviously overpaid if they could afford their own helecopter. He flew it and crashed it. They both survived, I think.
But why did it take them so long to get her to the hospital, eh?
stalling for time for her to die.
I heard it was because the streets were (or are?) so full of potholes that they had to drive very slowly to keep from joggling her around too much. The hospital even radioed the ambulance to ask them what the delay was.
Paris, spend some money and fix your streets!
no, what I read was that she was kept in the tunnel for a long time before even going to the hospital. AM I wrong?
Re: why no seat belt.
For Detroit and Hockey Dopers, they will remember the terrible accident back in May of 1997 with three Detroit Red Wing players who had rented a limo to taken them home after a round of charity golf.
They never wore their seat belts ( really, very few do in limos) and the driver’s error (possible drug involvement) sent them crashing and it ruined Vladimir Konstantinov’s( brilliant defensemen), Sergei Manatsikonov’s (trainer, who’s name I hacked up.) lifes forever. The third Winger, Vladimer Fetisov, only had minor injuries.
These guys did everything right (except the seat belt issue) and were seriously injured. And, AFAIK, they weren’t going that fast. ( I still have no idea what the outcome of the flurry of lawsuits over that case was.) I am not a major follower of sport types or games, but I really liked Vladdy. He was a scrappy tough one.
Princess Diana practically lived in limo’s driven by professionally trained drivers. She probably hadn’t worn a seat belt in years.
I’ve read a few articles, Vanity Fair I think, that have also said that it looked like Diana’s driver was getting turned into a scape goat. It’s probably easier to blame the dead man with no dependents …but that is the conspiracy theorist inside of me talking.
BBF, you might be interested to know that I am talking about you in this other thread
I thought it only fair to give you a head’s up in this thread so you have a chance to respond.